Dye v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is a slip and fall case in which the trial court granted appellee’s motion for a directed verdict. Appellant’s only issue on appeal is that the evidence was sufficient for her case to be submitted to the jury. We disagree and therefore affirm.

On October 22,1986, sometime between 9:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., appellant went to appellee’s place of business to purchase medication. It had been raining for an extended period of time that morning. Appellant entered the glassed-in foyer area of the store and wiped the water from the soles of her tennis shoes on floor mats. Upon…