Legal Opinion
Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. v. Snowden
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 6, 1995No. A95A0894, A95A0895PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
On a dark and rainy night, plaintiff Peggy June Snowden, a customer of defendant Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc., was attacked in defendant’s unlit parking lot. The attacker stabbed, beat, robbed, abducted, and sexually assaulted plaintiff, leaving her seriously injured, both physically and emotionally. A jury awarded plaintiff $800,000. In Case No. A95A0894, defendant challenges the denial of its motion for a directed verdict, as well as several of the trial court’s rulings at trial. In Case No. A95A0895, plaintiff cross-appeals the trial court’s denial of her request for…
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