Peoples v. Fred's Stores of Tennessee, Inc.

DAVID E. CHATELAIN, Judge Pro Tern.

|TThe defendant, Fred’s Stores of Tennessee, Inc. (Fred’s), appeals from a judgment, as amended following the resolution of post-trial motions, rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, spouses Virginia and Wyn-dell Peoples, finding it liable for the damages they suffered following Mrs. Peoples’ trip and fall at a Fred’s discount store. The plaintiffs answer the appeal. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 10, 2004, shortly after entering the Fred’s store in Tioga, Louisiana, Mrs. Peoples, then forty-nine years…