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· 11/3/1998

Dolores Howard v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Citations

  • 160 F.3d 358
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 27991
  • 1998 WL 762437

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • determining that the plaintiffs slight evidence in slip and fall case could support the jury verdict, “though surely only by a hair’s breadth”
  • holding that “a district court’s decision does not have precedential authority”
  • a business “is not required to patrol the aisles continuously, but only at reasonable intervals”
  • a business “is not required to patrol the aisles continuously, but only at reasonable intervals”
  • spilled soap was in aisle of grocery store and employees had stocked the shelves that morning
  • store owner “not required to patrol the aisles continuously, but only at reasonable intervals”

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Judges: Posner, Cummings, Eschbach

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