Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Spates

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 2006-02-24

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PER CURIAM. In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Reece, this Court unanimously held that the mere proximity of an employee to a spill, without evidence of when or how it came to be on the floor, was legally insufficient to charge a premises owner with constructive notice of the hazard. <a href="/opinion/1377248/wal-mart-stores-…

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