Piggly Wiggly Southern v. Thigpen

Sognier, Judge.

Lawrence Thigpen brought suit against Piggly Wiggly Southern to recover damages incurred when he slipped and fell in a Piggly Wiggly supermarket. The trial court denied Piggly Wiggly’s motion for summary judgment but certified its order for immediate review, and we granted this interlocutory appeal.

The record reveals that on July 9, 1984, appellee and his wife entered appellant’s market at approximately 6:00 p.m. to purchase groceries. The weather was fair at the time they entered the store. They shopped for approximately thirty to forty-five minutes, and went through the…