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H.E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY v. RESENDEZ

No. 97-1122.

988 S.W.2d 218 (1999)

H.E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Maria RESENDEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace B. Jefferson, San Antonio, Crisanta Guerra, Brownsville, for petitioner.

Randall P. Crane, San Benito, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Can mere display of produce for customer sampling constitute an unreasonable risk of harm to customers? The court of appeals said yes.1 We say no. We reverse the court of appeals judgment and render judgment that plaintiff take nothing.

While shopping at an H.E. Butt Grocery Company store, Maria Resendez slipped and fell near two grape displays. She sued HEB for negligence, alleging that the customer sampling display...

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