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Thursday, April 25, 2024 | Back issues
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Damages undone

SAN ANTONIO — A Texas appellate court ordered a new trial on the premises liability claim and damages sought by a shopper who had won multiple millions in his successful jury trial against the grocery store where his foot got stuck in a wooden pallet topped with watermelons. The evidence “could not have” brought the jury to “a firm belief or conviction” that the pallets presented an “extreme risk of harm” to the shopper.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Personal Injury, Trials

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