Queen v. Kroger Co.

Pope, Judge.

Plaintiff Deborah Beach Queen slipped and fell on grapes which had fallen to the floor in the produce department of defendant Kroger Company’s store. Two employees were standing nearby where the plaintiff fell but both employees had their backs to the place where she fell and were engaged in bagging and weighing produce. Both employees testified on deposition that they had not seen the grapes on the floor prior to plaintiff’s fall. One of the employees testified it was his duty to keep the produce department clean and to check every fifteen to twenty minutes to see if the area…