Hicks v. Foods Lion, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiff’s evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to her, tended to show the following: On 31 January 1986 at approximately 8:00 p.m., plaintiff entered defendant’s grocery store to purchase two items. After selecting them, she proceeded to the sixth or seventh check-out lane carrying her groceries and six dollars in her hands. There she got in line behind another customer. She then looked to her right over the magazine racks and noticed that the next lane had no one waiting. Plaintiff turned out of the lane she was in, took three or four steps toward the lane to her…