Cline v. Kroger Co.

SWIFT, Judge.

Plaintiff, Clarence H. Cline, seventy-two years of age, brought suit for damages allegedly sustained as a result of a slip and fall accident in defendant Kroger’s supermarket in Alexandria, Louisiana, on July 15, 1976. The trial court found Kroger negligent and Mr. Cline free of contributory negligence. Plaintiff has appealed as to the issue of quantum only. Defendant has answered the appeal, asking that the judgment be reversed. We affirm.

The testimony reveals that on the morning of the accident, shortly before plaintiff entered the Kroger Store, a bottle of pine oil (a liquid…