Court Opinion

ID: 9770981
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:27:26.23527+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:37:44.043666
License: Public Domain

GREEN, Justice,
concurring.
On reconsideration in light of the briefed arguments on motion for rehearing, I withdraw my previous dissent. However, I still cannot agree with the majority’s holding that the trial judge abused his discretion in excluding evidence that a Wal-Mart employee stated after the accident that “[t]his is not the first time this has happened.” The statement is ambiguous in its meaning and is not clearly probative of any element the plaintiff was required to prove in this premises liability case. The trial court was thus within his discretion in keeping it out. Because this issue does not affect the outcome of the case, I concur in the result.