Legal Opinion
Goodson v. Southland Corporation
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 6, 1970No. 6066PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARD, Justice.
This is a slip and fall debris case where plaintiffs appeal from a take-nothing judgment in favor of a drive-in Minit Market. Trial was to a jury which found that there was an Icee on the floor near the market’s entrance, an Icee being a flavored carbonated ice product sold in paper cups; that Mrs. Ophelia Goodson slipped on the Icee; that the Icee had been on the floor for a sufficient period of time for the Minit Market, in the exercise of ordinary care, to have known of its presence; that its failure to remove the Icee was negligence and a proximate cause of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Scott v. LiebmanTexas Supreme Court · 1966
- H. E. Butt Grocery Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- S. H. Kress & Co. v. SelphCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Medallion Stores, Inc. v. EidtCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Thomas v. TC Bateson CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Adam Dante Corporation v. SharpeTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- Gundolf v. Massman-JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Furr's, Inc. v. QuijanoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Green v. Kimbell, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1983
- J. Weingarten, Inc. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
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