Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. v. James

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. appeals the order of the trial court denying it summary judgment in this slip and fall case filed by appellee/plaintiff Betty Jean James. Held:

Because it appears that appellee failed to adduce evidence from which a trier of fact could infer that appellant had superior knowledge of the claimed hazard, we conclude that the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion for summary judgment. Lau’s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (405 SE2d 474).

Appellee slipped and fell in a three-inch by five-inch puddle of reddish-colored ham…