Ruffin v. Super Fresh Food Markets

By Judge John J. McGrath, Jr.

This case is before this court on Plaintiff’s motion for remittitur. The facts of this casé are quite simple. On March 8,1998, the Plaintiff, Racquel Ruffin, a local college student finishing her final year of school in this area, entered the Super Fresh Grocery Store on Carlton Avenue in Harrisonburg wearing baggy sweatpants, a hat, and a large coat. As she wandered around the store, apparently searching for various items, Plaintiff had neither a shopping cart nor a shopping basket, instead she elected to carry the items in her hands and wedged between her arm…