WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. MANNING

1981621.

788 So.2d 116 (2000)

WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. Frazier L. MANNING.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. McDonald, Michael M. Shipper, and Kirkland E. Reid of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellant.

Patrick O'Neal Miller and W. Banks Herndon of Loftin, Herndon, Loftin & Miller, Phenix City, for appellee.


SEE, Justice.

Frazier Manning sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"), alleging that Wal-Mart had negligently or wantonly caused several boxes of VCRs to fall from a riser and to injure him. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Manning. The circuit court entered a judgment on that verdict. Because we hold that the circuit court erred in denying Wal-Mart's motion for a judgment as a matter of law, we reverse and remand.

I.

In June 1995, Frazier...

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