Garcia v. Barber's Super Markets, Inc.

OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Barbara Garcia suffered injuries when she slipped and fell on water-slick tile in defendant’s store. Defendant had arranged an “Ice Cold Watermelons” tank display. When a customer would take a watermelon from the tank, water would drip on the floor. Barbara took one of the watermelons and placed it in her shopping basket. She then turned and started to walk toward a paper towel rack attached to an upright strut near the tank. She observed a puddle of water on the floor and stepped around it. There is evidence that this puddle of water did not come from her…