Ex Parte Gold Kist, Inc.

The Defendant, Gold Kist, Inc., petitioned for certiorari review, arguing that the Court of Civil Appeals erred in reversing a judgment entered in its favor following a jury trial. See Duke v. Gold Kist, Inc., 686 So.2d 258 (Ala.Civ.App. 1995).

Sherry Duke, an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA"), was injured while working at her job when she slipped in water, grease, and other substances that had accumulated on the floor of Gold Kist's poultry processing plant. The USDA had an office and a break room at the Gold Kist plant to facilitate the inspection of poultry.…