Stephens v. Kroger Co.

Smith, Judge.

This appeal arises out of the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Kroger Company in this slip-and-fall action. Because we conclude that genuine issues of material fact exist for jury resolution, we reverse.

Construed in favor of the non-movant on motion for summary judgment, evidence was presented to the trial court that Tina Stephens, along with her husband, son, and mother, entered a Kroger grocery store on a rainy February day. They walked through an enclosed vestibule containing at least two mats and then through the main entranceway into the store. Stephens testified…