Ardoin v. Dixieland Foods, Inc.

KNOLL, Judge.

Dixieland Foods, Inc. and its insurer, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company (hereafter collectively Dixieland), appeal an adverse judgment in favor of Jeane Ardoin for personal injuries she received when she tripped over a garden hose in a Dixieland grocery store. The trial court determined that Dixieland created an unreasonable risk of harm by putting a hose across a grocery aisle to thaw a refrigerated box, knowing customers would have to pass while their attention was on the shelves and not the floor. It awarded Mrs. Ardoin general damages of $40,000 and stipulated medical…