Lela McGee v. Target Corporation

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 24 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LELA MCGEE, No. 23-15978

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-00345-KJD-EJY v.

TARGET CORPORATION, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Kent J. Dawson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 6, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: BRESS and FORREST, Circuit Judges, and OHTA,** District Judge.

Lela McGee appeals the district court’s denial of a new trial under Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 59 in her slip-and-fall case against Target Corporation.

Based on its verdict form, the jury found negligence but not causation. We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review the district court’s denial of a

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jinsook Ohta, United States District Judge for the Southern District of California,…