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WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. DEGGS

No. 09-95-094 CV.

971 S.W.2d 72 (1996)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., d/b/a Sam's Wholesale Club and Allen Smith, Appellants, v. Carmen DEGGS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided August 29, 1996.

Publication Ordered June 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Preston Wrotenbery, Magenheim, Batemen, Robinson, Wrotenbery & Helfand, LLP, Alan Magenheim, Hirsch, Robinson, Sheiness & Glover, Houston, for appellants.

Paul F. Ferguson, Jr., Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, Otto D. Hewitt, III, Hewitt Law Firm, Alvin, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and STOVER and HILL, JJ.

OPINION

JOHN HILL, Justice (Assigned).

Wal-Mart, Inc., and Allen Smith, the manager of its Sam's Wholesale Club store (Sam's) in Beaumont, appeal from a judgment in favor of Carmen Deggs, a judgment she recovered for damages suffered when she tripped and fell on a mat inside the entrance of the store. Appellants contend in nine points of error the trial court erred: (1) in granting a directed verdict against Allen Smith, holding him personally liable for...

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