Ex Parte Travis
Supreme Court of Alabama
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
- Southern Ry. Co. v. DicksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Elba Wood Products, Inc. v. BrackinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Foodtown Stores, Inc. v. PattersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- SH Kress & Company v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. NeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
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