WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. ROGERS

No. 97-4279.

714 So.2d 577 (1998)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Sheila ROGERS and Moses Rogers, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey P. Gill and Christopher R. Johnson of Bridgers & Gill, Pensacola, for Appellant.

Michael A. Jones, Niceville, for Appellees.


WEBSTER, Judge.

Appellant (Wal-Mart) seeks review of an adverse final judgment, entered pursuant to a jury verdict, in a negligence action. It argues that reversible error occurred when the trial court (1) denied its motion for a directed verdict; (2) instructed the jury on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur; (3) refused to grant a new trial notwithstanding improper comments made by opposing counsel during closing arguments; and (4) denied its motion for remittitur...

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