Winn Dixie Montgomery, Inc. v. Brindley

The trial of this cause was had on a one count complaint filed in the Jefferson County Division of the Tenth Judicial Circuit by appellee, Mary Brindley, against appellant, Winn Dixie Montgomery, Inc., for negligently allowing or permitting a round stick to be or remain on the floor of one of appellant’s Birmingham stores, thereby being the proximate cause for appellee, as an invitee, to fall and be injured. The issue was joined by a plea in short by consent. The case was tried before a jury which returned a verdict for appellee and assessed her damages in the amount of $5,000. There are…