Robledo v. Kroger Company

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

Dolores Robledo sued the Kroger Company seeking damages for injuries sustained when she slipped on a foreign substance in a Kroger Store. The trial court entered judgment for Kroger notwithstanding a jury verdict in favor of Robledo. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

To recover, plaintiff must prove that defendant put the foreign substance on the floor; or knew that it was on the floor and negligently failed to remove it; or that the foreign substance was on the floor so long that it should have been discovered and removed in the exercise of ordinary care. Sherwood v.…