Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Travis

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 5, 1982No. 80-650PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

We granted the petition for certiorari to review the Court of Civil Appeals', 414 So.2d 954, reversal of a "slip-and-fall" case on a sufficiency of the evidence ground.

The facts, as stated in the Court of Civil Appeals' opinion, are summarized as follows:

In June of 1978, Plaintiff Bill Travis slipped, fell, and was injured while pushing a grocery cart in the produce section of Defendant's store. At trial, Plaintiff testified that he saw a brown paper bag on the floor behind him immediately after he fell and that the bag had dirt and a footprint on it. The trial judge, ore tenus, found for…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Southern Ry. Co. v. DicksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  2. Elba Wood Products, Inc. v. BrackinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  3. Foodtown Stores, Inc. v. PattersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. SH Kress & Company v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  5. F. W. Woolworth Co. v. NeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1940

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Brown v. Poway Unified School DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Terry v. Life Ins. Co. of GeorgiaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  3. Speer v. Pin Palace Bowling AlleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  4. Bergman v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1984
  5. Green v. LeatherwoodCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1999

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