Matthews v. Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets, Inc.

BARRY, Judge.

Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets, Inc. appeals a judgment which awards $8,432.75 from an alleged store accident.

Mable Matthews was in Schwegmann’s grocery store and claims she bent down to reach a can of red beans from a bottom shelf when cans fell on a higher shelf fell and hit the left side of her head. She said she did not touch the higher shelf and did not look at it prior to the incident. She did not know how many cans fell or what caused them to fall. Mrs. Matthews notified the manager and filled out a report. Mrs. Matthews and the manager went back to the scene and she said…