HARPER v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, L.P.

No. 5D13-1085.

134 So.3d 557 (2014)

Dora HARPER, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, L.P., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danilo Cruz Carino , of The Pendás Law Firm, Tampa, for Appellant.

Elliot H. Scherker , Brigid F. Cech Samole , and Jay A. Yagoda , of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for Appellee.


ORFINGER, J.

Dora Harper appeals an adverse summary judgment in favor of Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. Harper argues that the trial court erred by entering the summary judgment because discovery was still ongoing and material issues of fact existed. We agree that summary judgment was prematurely entered and reverse.

Harper fell at a Wal-Mart store, and subsequently brought a suit against Wal-Mart. After Harper's suit against Wal-Mart had been pending for just...

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