Bishop v. KFC NAT. MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Billy J. Bishop filed suit against KFC National Management Company d/b/a Kentucky Fried Chicken for injuries received when he sat down on a booth bench in appellee’s restaurant. Holding his tray of food, he put his hand on the edge of the bench in order to sit down, and the bench collapsed. He fell, sitting down hard on the corner of the bench directly on his tailbone, allegedly injuring himself to the extent that he missed nine months of work.

The trial court granted summary judgment to KFC, evidently on the argued grounds that the bench was held to its supporting…