K-Mart Corp. v. Spruell

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Slip and Fall. Ms. Mary Spruell went to a K-Mart store at about 9:30 or 10:00 a.m. on March 3, 1982, to buy some thread. Upon entering the store, she walked through the aisles to the appropriate counter, purchased the thread and exited by the same route, all without incident. She noted the floors were clean and shiny as if highly polished, the same as she had observed in all K-Mart stores. She observed nothing unusual or amiss. Upon arriving back at her point of origin, Ms. Spruell noticed she had purchased the wrong color thread. She returned to the same K-Mart…