Winn-Dixie Louisville, Inc. v. Smith

MELVIN T. STUBBS, Special Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of Lieselotte Smith in the amount of $5,989. Motions of appellant, Winn-Dixie Louisville, Inc., for a directed verdict were overruled. The appellant contends that appellee was contributorily negligent, as a matter of law, and that the trial court erred in submitting the matter to the jury. Upon this ground appellant asks that this Court reverse the judgment of the lower court and sustain its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

On April 4, 1959, appellee entered the Winn-Dixie market at Valley Station…