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REED v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 4-98-0115.

700 N.E.2d 212 (1998)

298 Ill. App.3d 712

233 Ill.Dec. 111

Debra K. REED and Gary D. Reed, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

September 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Meyer (argued), Effingham, for Debra K. Reed.

Ronald E. Fuhr and Martin W. Siemer (argued), Parker, Siemer, Austin, Resch & Fuhr, Effingham, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc..

Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 7, 1997, plaintiffs Debra and Gary Reed went to a Wal-Mart store in Charleston, Illinois, to purchase some cherry trees. While looking around the garden area, Debra stepped on a rusty nail protruding from a board in the middle of a pathway. Debra was injured and sued defendant Wal-Mart for negligence. The complaint alleged that Wal-Mart committed one or more of the following acts: (1) caused an unreasonably dangerous...

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