Freeman Lomax v. the Kroger Company

Gobeil, Judge.

*726 This appeal arises from a premises liability/negligence action brought by Freeman Lomax ("Lomax") and his wife, Pattie Lomax (collectively, the "plaintiffs"), against The Kroger Company ("Kroger") after Lomax slipped and fell in a Kroger store. A jury found in favor of the plaintiffs and awarded damages, and the trial court entered judgment accordingly. Thereafter, the court entered an order (1) granting Kroger's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV"), concluding that the plaintiffs failed to show that Kroger had actual or constructive knowledge of the…