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LANIER v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 2000-SC-1089-DG.

99 S.W.3d 431 (2003)

Barbara Ruth LANIER, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 20, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Burman, Hopkinsville, for Appellant.

Virginia Hamilton Snell, Deborah H. Patterson, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Van Franklin Sims, Paducah, for Appellee.

Jeffery Roberts, Murray, for Amicus Curiae Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys.

COOPER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted by the Christian Circuit Court to Appellee Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., on Appellant Barbara Ruth Lanier's claim for damages for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell in the Hopkinsville Wal-Mart Superstore. The Court of Appeals affirmed the summary judgment. We granted discretionary review to reconsider the allocation of the burden of proof in so-called "slip and fall" cases brought by business invitees...

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