Coffee v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

536 S.W.2d 539 (1976)

C. E. COFFEE et al., Petitioners,

v.

F. W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY et al., Respondents.

No. B-5603.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 31, 1976.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1976.

Francis I. Gandy, Corpus Christi, for petitioners.

Dyer, Redford, Burnett, Wray & Woolsey, B. Mills Latham, Corpus Christi, for respondents.

POPE, Justice.

Mrs. Floy Coffee obtained favorable answers to special issues in her action for personal injuries which she sustained in a fall inside the store owned by defendants F. W. Woolworth Company and Woolco Department Stores. The defendants will be referred to as Woolco. The…