Franklin v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment, rendered non obstante veredicto, in a slip and fall case.

Winnie Franklin sued Safeway Stores, Inc., alleging that while shopping at a Safeway Store located in Dallas on November 3, 1971 she slipped and fell on a “nut shell and/or syrupy substance” thereby causing her to sustain personal injuries. She alleged numerous acts of negligence on the part of the defendant which she charged were proximate causes of the occurrence which resulted in her injuries. She also pled that since the materials causing her injuries…