DILL'S FOOD CITY, INC. v. Johnson

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Avalene Johnson brought this tort action against defendant Dill’s Food City, Inc., seeking to recover for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff slipped and fell because the floor of defendant’s grocery by the delicatessen “was wet with tea.” Defendant denied the material allegations of negligence and, after a period of discovery, moved for summary judgment. Defendant’s motion contended that since “the tea substance Plaintiff allegedly slipped in was of a muddy brown consistency and the floor of Defendant’s premises is white, there is no question that,…