Brookshires Grocery Co. v. Pierce

JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

The appellee in this tort case sued appellant, Brookshires Grocery Company, alleging that he fell and was injured in appellant’s store on June 3, 1997, because of appellant’s negligence. After trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee and awarded damages in the amount of $149,089.24 against appellant. From that decision, comes this appeal.

Appellant concedes that the immediate cause of appellee’s injury was that he slipped on some grapes on the floor of appellant’s store near the produce department, but contends that the trial judge erred in denying its…