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GASPER v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation
The Nebraska Fair Employment Practices Act penalizes an employer's unfair "practice", not "policy".

MCCLUG v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Injury & Tort Law
Under Tennessee premises liability law, if a storeowner offers parking to its customers, that parking area is part of the store premises regardless of...

FOGELBACH v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Injury & Tort Law
Under Missouri law, the constructive notice standard for slip and fall cases inside self-service stores also applies to injuries outside of the...

MEYERS v. WAL-MART STORES E., INC.

Injury & Tort Law
Where there is a "logical sequence of cause and effect" between the accident and the aggravation of plaintiff's pre-existing condition, testimony to...

CHRISTIAN v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A plaintiff in a racial discrimination case under 42 USC 1981 is not required to provide direct evidence of the defendant's "intent to discriminate"...

KERSTING v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Two warnings to a disabled employee not to talk about his discrimination claims at work do not constitute an adverse employment action under the...

HUGHES v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Where plaintiffs' residence, the place where they purchased the allegedly defective item and the site of the accident were all in Louisiana, but...

BOUDREAU v. WAL-MART STORES

Injury & Tort Law
Where the evidence supports plaintiff's slip and fall theory, court erred neither in denying defendant's motion for summary judgment, nor in...

ALLEN v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Injury & Tort Law
Under Wyoming law, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur does not apply if the plaintiff also proceeds under a negligence theory.

PETERSON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Hresil v. Sears, 403 N.E.2d 678, does not provide a ten-minute safe harbor for heavily trafficked stores to find and clean up spills creating an...