WIGGINS v. SCRUGGS


442 S.W.2d 581 (1969)

Georgia D. WIGGINS, Appellant, v. James M. SCRUGGS et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Karnes, Paducah, for appellant.

Richard C. Roberts, Waller, Threlkeld, & Whitlow, Paducah, for appellees.


MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

Georgia D. Wiggins, appellant, sued James M. Scruggs et al., appellees, owners of a supermarket, for damages resulting from a fall in the supermarket. She stepped in or on a foreign substance on the floor. The trial court directed a verdict for the appellees at the close of the plaintiff's testimony. The apparent basis for the ruling was that the plaintiff had failed to show negligence on the part of the defendants, in that she had failed...

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