Legal Opinion

Bosquez v. H. E. Butt Grocery Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 30, 1979No. 1416PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This slip and fall ease involves an appeal from a take nothing judgment. The basic facts of the case are simple. Hermelinda Bosquez (plaintiff) was a customer in defendant’s grocery store. While shopping for groceries, plaintiff slipped on a quantity of baby food and fell, thereby sustaining personal injuries. The baby food had spilled onto the floor from a broken jar, which was found, after the accident, upon a shelf. There was no evidence of how or when the jar was broken or how the baby food came to be on the floor.

The case was tried to a jury under theories of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Seideneck v. Cal Bayreuther AssociatesTexas Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Rosas v. Buddies Food StoreTexas Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Aultman v. Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Darryl v. Ford Motor CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1969

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Armellini Express Lines of Florida, Inc. v. AnsleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Group Hospital Services, Inc. v. Daniel, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1986
  3. Coronado v. Costco Wholesale CorporationDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2019

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