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DAWSON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. DC88-204-S-O.

781 F.Supp. 1166 (1992)

James DAWSON, Plaintiff, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

January 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Lee Graves, Clarksdale, Miss., for plaintiff.

W.O. Luckett, Clarksdale, Miss., for defendant.

OPINION

SENTER, Chief Judge.

This action involved allegations that plaintiff, a black male, while a customer in defendant's store, suffered a back injury when a display chair in which he was sitting collapsed. At the close of all the evidence, plaintiff moved for a directed verdict on the theory of strict liability, and this court sustained plaintiff's request for a peremptory instruction on defendant's liability for selling a product in a defective condition...

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