SAFEWAY STORES, INC. v. HARKLESS

No. 1328.

601 S.W.2d 534 (1980)

SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Violet HARKLESS et vir., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex A. Nichols, Nichols, Merriman, Patterson & Allison, Longview, for appellant.

Craig Daugherty, Rex Houston, Wellborn, Houston, Bailey & Perry, Henderson, for appellees.


SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

Appellees Violet Harkless and her husband brought this suit for damages against appellant Safeway Stores, Inc. (Safeway) and Victor R. Wallesch, its store manager, for injuries sustained by appellee Violet Harkless when she slipped and fell in Safeway's grocery store in Henderson, Texas, on May 14, 1978.

Trial was had to a jury. The trial court rendered judgment against Safeway for the sum of $38,915.42 and a take-nothing judgment as...

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