FRED F. FRENCH MANAGEMENT CO. v. Long

Birdsong, Judge.

This is a slip-and-fall case in which the defendants appeal a verdict for the plaintiff. The jury found the appellants liable for injuries received by the plaintiff as she exited an office building elevator onto a freshly mopped and wet floor, and immediately, or within two or three steps, slipped and fell back. Held:

1. Appellants contend the trial court erred in refusing to charge legal accident to the jury upon request. We find no error. A requested charge of accident is required if, “ ‘under some theory of the case the injury is the result of the negligence of neither of…