Burnett v. Ingles Markets, Inc.

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Janice Burnett brought an action against Ingles Markets, Inc. (“Ingles”) for injuries she allegedly sustained when she slipped and fell on a grape that was on the floor of the sugar aisle at Ingles’ grocery store. Burnett deposed that she did not see the grape because she “had just turned the corner when [she] fell. . . .” Ingles denied liability and filed a motion for summary judgment.

Burnett testified during her deposition that she fell less than five minutes after she and her husband entered the grocery store; that the incident occurred as she was turning into the…