Hunter v. Dixie Home Stores

Moss, Justice.

This is an action by Mattie Lee Hunter, the respondent herein, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of falling on the floor of a self service store operated by the appellant, Dixie Home Stores. The trial resulted in a verdict for the respondent for actual and punitive damages. This appeal can be disposed of by determining whether or not there was sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the appellant to require submission of the case to the jury. It should be stated that at appropriate stages of the trial the appellant made motions for nonsuit,…