UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 98-60478
Summary Calendar
NICHOLAS WATSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
WAL-MART STORES, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Mississippi
(3:97-CV-133-BN)
March 25, 1999
Before DAVIS, DUHÉ and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The district court did not err in entering judgment on
the jury verdict and did not abuse its discretion in denying a new
trial. The jury’s finding that the plaintiff suffered no
compensable damage is supported by substantial evidence. The
defendant produced evidence from which the jury could have
concluded that the plaintiff’s back complaints and medical
treatment were attributable to an injury that pre-dated his slip
and fall in defendant’s store.
AFFIRMED.
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.