Spacetime and Wal-Mart

In 1915, Albert Einstein published an article about the structure of spacetime as defined by general relativity. In 2022, the Fifth Court reviewed the structure of spacetime as defined by the “time-notice” rule for premises-liability cases, finding that rule unsatisfied with this proof:

Nicholson testified that she had been in the store “maybe a minute” before she fell. She testified that there was “a substance on the floor” that caused her to fall, but she did not know what the substance was “because it was clear. It didn’t have, like, a color to it. It was a clear substance on the floor.” She testified that she was not sure how large the substance was before she fell because after she fell, “it was on my clothing. Like, my clothing was wet, so I’m not sure how much was down on the floor.”’

Nicholson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 05-21-00110-CV (Sept. 7, 2022) (applying Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Reece, 81 S.W.3d 812, 814 (Tex. 2002)).