Legal Opinion

Burke v. K-Mart Corp.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 19, 1992No. 1910386Published

1Opinion of the Court

SHORES, Justice.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict for the defendant in a slip and fall case. The plaintiff, Carolyn Burke, sued K-Mart Corporation, alleging that employees at a K-Mart store1 had been negligent and/or wanton in allowing a foreign substance to remain on its floor, and that their negligence and/or wantonness had proximately caused Burke to fall and injure herself on September 6, 1988.

We have carefully examined the record and the errors alleged by Burke. We have concluded that the judgment on the jury’s verdict is due to be affirmed on the authority of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Alabama Power Company v. MosleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  2. Dixie Electric Company v. MaggioSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  3. Trans-South-Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. WeinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  4. Merrell v. Joe Bullard Oldsmobile, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  5. Stokes v. Long-Lewis Ford, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989

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