Jackson v. Hemphill

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is a slip-and-fall case. Mrs. Hemphill recovered judgment against The Kroger Company and the manager of its Morrilton store, C. E. Jackson. Defendants appeal from the refusal of the trial court to grant motions for a directed verdict which were made at the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony and again at the close of all the testimony.

On the question of liability Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill were claimant’s only witnesses and their testimony can be summarized in a few sentences. Around its modern store in Morrilton, Kroger maintains an asphalt parking area of considerable…