Freeman v. Food Lion, LLC

JACKSON, Judge.

On 22 December 2000, Deborah Freeman (“plaintiff’) was a patron at Delhaize America, Inc. (“Food Lion”) in Fayetteville, North Carolina. At approximately 11:30 p.m., plaintiff was walking in one of the store aisles when she was struck by a buffer machine being operated by an individual wearing headphones. The buffer machine ran over plaintiffs right foot entangling it in the machine and causing serious and permanent injury to it. There were orange cones located at the front of the grocery store that allegedly had been knocked down by John Robinson (“Robinson”), a person hired…