Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Garland

JOHNSON, Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, appeals an adverse judgment entered upon a jury verdict awarding appellees $9,000.00 in damages.

This is a typical “slip and fall case” wherein we are asked to determine whether there was competent, substantial evidence to support the jury verdict.

The factual situation as revealed by the record on appeal and the briefs filed herein indicate that the appellee Elvira M. Garland walked into appellant’s store to buy groceries. She approached the shopping basket area, a space reserved for incoming customers, skidded and slipped on something and fell to the…