Perl v. K-Mart Corp.

NESBITT, Judge.

Appellant Elizabeth Perl claims several errors made by the trial court in her slip- and-fall action against K-Mart Stores necessitate reversal. We address only that argument we find meritorious wherein Perl claims error in the court’s denial of her motion for a directed verdict on the issue of negligence. We agree and reverse and remand on that basis.

Perl was following a K-Mart employee to a section of the store in response to Perl’s request for information on the price of an item. According to Perl, she was pushing a shopping cart several feet behind the clerk when she slipped…