Howard v. Kroger Co.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

In June 1998, Mae R. Howard sued The Kroger Company, alleging that Kroger had negligently caused her to fall in a Kroger grocery store. She sought compensatory damages. Kroger filed a motion for a summary judgment; the trial court granted the motion. Howard appeals.

A motion for a summary judgment is due to be granted when no genuine issue of material fact exists and the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Rule 56(c)(3), Ala. R. Civ. P. See West v. Founders Life Assurance Co. of Florida, 547 So.2d 870 (Ala.1989), and Bass v. SouthTrust Bank of Baldwin…