Adee v. Evanson

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

In a negligence action arising out of a “slip and fall” on the icy sidewalk of a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise store, plaintiff, Eunice Adee, appeals from an adverse judgment and from an order denying her alternative motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. By special verdict, the jury found neither party negligent and found plaintiff sustained damages in the amount of $2,800. The dispositive issue is whether it was proper to instruct the jury that a store owner has no duty to warn a customer of risks about which the customer had present…