Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Kroger Co.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided April 26, 1996No. 2950110PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAM A. BEATTY, Retired Justice.
Mattie F. Edwards and Larry Edwards appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the Kroger Company. Our supreme court transferred the appeal to this court pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala.Code 1975. We reverse and remand.
While shopping in a grocery store owned and operated by Kroger in Decatur, Mattie Edwards slipped and fell. Mrs. Edwards alleges that as a result of her fall she sustained a disc injury to her lower back. Just before her fall, she was looking at cheese in the dairy aisle. She was reading a label on a container of cheese dip, and fell as she…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of FloridaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Long v. Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Dunklin v. Winn-Dixie of Montgomery, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Cuevas v. W.E. Walker, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- Billings v. K Mart Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1995
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