Tate v. Southern Jitney Jungle Co.

650 So.2d 1347 (1995)

Brenda TATE

v.

SOUTHERN JITNEY JUNGLE COMPANY.

No. 92-CA-0370.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 19, 1995.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1995.

Angela Miller, Miller & Miller, McComb, for appellant.

F. Hall Bailey, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

This premises liability case is on appeal from Pike County Circuit Court where the trial court granted a directed verdict in favor of Jitney. The court found that the counter in the deli upon which Tate injured her knee was open and obvious and that Jitney was entitled to a…