THOMPSON v. WARD ENTERPRISES

No. 76-73.

341 So.2d 837 (1977)

Charlie THOMPSON, Appellant, v. WARD ENTERPRISES, D/B/a, Big W Supermarket and Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford, Williams, McKay, Kimbrell, Hamann & Jennings and Thomas E. Scott, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Knight and A. Blackwell Stiegletz, Miami, for appellees.

Before HENDRY, C.J., PEARSON, J., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


PEARSON, Judge.

The plaintiff, a customer of a grocery store, alleged that the store owner/operator was negligent in failing to provide reasonably safe premises. The plaintiff appeals from a final judgment entered pursuant to a directed verdict for the defendants. The single point on appeal presents the question of whether the plaintiff proved a prima facie case. The question centers upon the duty involved. We reverse upon...

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