GRIZZARD v. COLONIAL STORES, INC.

No. X-290.

330 So.2d 768 (1976)

Opal C. GRIZZARD and Warner L. Grizzard, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. COLONIAL STORES, INC., d/b/a Big Star Foods, Appellee (Defendant).

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde N. Wells, Jr., Jacksonville, for appellants.

John C. Taylor, Jr., of Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

The question raised by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict in favor of the defendant in a slip and fall case.

While shopping in the Big Star grocery store, Mrs. Grizzard slipped in a foreign substance on the floor, fell, and injured herself.

Mrs. Grizzard does not contend that the substance was placed on the floor by an agent or servant of Big Star.

To hold Big Star liable for her injuries, Mrs...

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