Alterman Foods, Inc. v. Munford

Sognier, Judge.

Annie Munford brought this action against Alterman Foods, Inc. (Alterman) to recover damages for personal injuries received in a fall in one of Alterman’s stores. We granted Alterman’s interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment.

Appellee slipped on some accumulated rain water as she stepped on a rubber mat just inside the door to appellant’s store. Prior to appellee’s fall, appellant’s bag boy had placed a “wet floor” sign approximately six feet directly in front of the door and had been instructed to mop the entrance area periodically…