Coker v. Piggly Wiggly

Respondent John Keith Coker brought this action against appellant Piggly Wiggly of Darlington to recover actual and punitive damages for personal injuries he sustained to his back and neck when he slipped and fell on an exit ramp outside the appellant grocery store. The case was submitted to a jury and a verdict was returned for Mr. Coker in the amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand ($125,000.00) *57dollars actual damages and twenty-five thousand ($25,000-.00) dollars punitive damages. The trial judge granted Pigsty Wiggly’s motion for a new trial nisi and reduced the award of actual…