CA v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

683 So.2d 413 (1996)

C.A.

v.

WAL-MART, INC.

1950465.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 18, 1996.

Garve Ivey, Jr., of King, Ivey & Junkin, Jasper, for Appellant.

Dorothy A. Powell and Marda W. Sydnor of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., Birmingham, for Appellee.

C.A. brought an action against Wal-Mart, Inc., for damages based on her abduction from a Wal-Mart store's parking lot and her subsequent rape; the abduction and rape were perpetrated by a party not connected with Wal-Mart. The circuit court entered a summary judgment for Wal-Mart.

This case falls within the established rule that a premises owner is…