Murno v. Richard's Food Center, Inc.

This is a negligence action in which plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell in defendant’s store. She appeals the trial court’s summary judgment for defendant.1 We reverse.

Plaintiff entered defendant’s store on a Sunday morning to get some soda pop. As she walked down the aisle near the produce bins, she slipped and fell, sustaining back and knee injuries. After the fall, she looked to see what had caused her to slip and saw grapes on the tile floor, some of which were “compressed to the point that they were merely a slimy substance on the floor.”

A party…