Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Nichols

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Shirlee Ann Nichols brought suit against Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. seeking damages arising out of an incident in which her wallet was allegedly stolen while she was shopping at a Winn-Dixie grocery store. The trial court denied Winn-Dixie’s motion for summary judgment, and we granted its application for interlocutory appeal.

*309In her deposition, appellee testified that she had left her gray wallet in a half-open zippered compartment in her shoulder bag while shopping at appellant’s grocery store in Valdosta. She set the purse in the upper section of her push cart, leaving the…