SIMON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 98-31188.

193 F.3d 848 (1999)

Dixie Lee SIMON and Elwin Simon, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Cardenas, III (argued), Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Geoffrey Jacob Orr (argued), Frederick R. Campbell, Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anezelmo & Hardy, Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JOLLY and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case arising from a purse-snatching incident in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Store in Denham Springs, Louisiana, Defendant-Appellant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart") appeals the jury verdict finding it liable to Plaintiff-Appellee Dixie Lee Simon ("Simon") for $30,000 as compensation for injuries she sustained in an attack by an unidentified third-party criminal perpetrator.1 We do not reach...

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