SANCHEZ XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX v. HOME DEPOT USA INCORPORATED (2019)

Cristina Sanchez was an associate at Home Depot, working in the outdoor garden center. One day in March 2016, it began to rain. Sanchez asked her supervisor to close the center, but he initially told her to wait. When she asked again after an unspecified amount of time, the supervisor told her to close the gate to the area. As Sanchez closed the gate, she was struck by lightning.

Sanchez sued Home Depot for negligence. Home Depot moved for summary judgment solely on the issue of causation and the district court granted the motion. We affirm. Sanchez has not produced evidence showing a genuine material issue of fact as to whether her injuries from the lightning strike were a foreseeable result of the delay in closing the outdoor garden center.

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PER CURIAM:* FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.