National Credit Corporation v. Ritchey

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is a “slip and fall” case in which National Credit Corporation appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson County Circuit Court on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, J. T. Ritchey, in the amount of $57,500. Mr. Ritchey alleged in his complaint that he went to National Credit’s place of business as a business invitee; that he was carrying a bank deposit bag containing $6,300 consisting of sixty $100 bills and six $50 bills; that he slipped and fell on the slick terrazzo floor in the lobby of National’s office and was injured. He alleged that National…