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WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. TINSLEY

No. 06-98-00106-CV.

998 S.W.2d 664 (1999)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Rebecca TINSLEY and Dan Tinsley, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided July 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Preston Wrotenbery, Kevin Dean Jewell, Magenheim, Bateman, Robinson, Houston, for appellant.

John A. Cowan, Brent Wayne Coon, Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.

OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice CORNELIUS.

Rebecca Tinsley slipped and fell in a Wal-Mart store in Orange, Texas. Tinsley and her husband, Dan Tinsley, brought a negligence suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and the jury awarded Ms. Tinsley damages in the amount of $430,000.00. Because the jury found Wal-Mart ninety percent negligent and Tinsley ten percent negligent, her damages were reduced to $387,000.00. The jury also awarded $5,000.00 in damages to...

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