Cummings v. Food World, Brunos, Inc.

ADAMS, Justice.

Jimmy S. Cummings, administrator of the estate of his late wife, Freda Whatley Cummings, appeals to this Court to reverse a summary judgment in favor of the appel-lee, Food World, Brunos, Inc. (hereinafter “Food World”).1

Freda Cummings was allegedly injured in a fall at her place of employment, a Food World supermarket, on October 17, 1977. Eighteen months later, after the statute of limitations had run, Mrs. Cummings filed this suit claiming workmen’s compensation benefits. The court treated Food World’s motion to dismiss as a motion for a more definite statement and gave…