Howard v. K-Mart Discount Stores
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Cureton, Judge:
Dorothy G. Howard commenced this “slip and fall” action against K-Mart Discount Stores, alleging K-Mart negligently kept its floor in an unsafe condition, proximately causing Howard’s fall and subsequent injury. A jury returned a verdict for Howard of $1,000.00 actual damages and $1,000.00 punitive damages. The trial judge denied K-Mart’s motions for a directed verdict, judgment n.o.v. and a new trial. K-Mart appeals. We reverse.
Howard entered K-Mart on the morning of December 24, 1984. She testified that as she approached the store there was “a sprinkle of rain, just enough to…
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