Ferrington v. McDaniel

PRICE, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an adverse judgment in a tort action arising out of a “trip and fall” incident in a retail grocery store.

Robert Claude Ferrington and his wife, Vergie Ferrington, brought this action against Cleavon R. McDaniel and Cleavon Reggie McDaniel, Jr., who operate a large grocery supermarket in Columbia, Louisiana, under the trade name “Mac’s Dixie Dandy.” Also joined as a defendant is the liability insurer of the premises, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.

Plaintiffs contend Vergie Ferrington was injured on March S, 1974, when she tripped on a box…