Holloway v. the Kroger Company

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

Mildred Anne Holloway sued The Kroger Company (“Kroger”) for injuries sustained when she fell at a Kroger grocery store. Following trial, the jury returned a defense verdict. Holloway appeals, asserting that Kroger’s counsel made inappropriate statements during closing argument and that the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury. We affirm.

Construed favorably to the jury’s verdict, 1 the evidence shows that Holloway entered the grocery store on a rainy day on February 5, 2010. As she reached for a shopping cart in the store foyer, she slipped and fell,…