WILLIS v. CRESTPARK OF WYNNE, INC. (INTERMEDIATE)

No. 83-49.

652 S.W.2d 625 (1983)

279 Ark. 456

J.D. WILLIS, Appellant, v. CRESTPARK OF WYNNE, INC. (INTERMEDIATE), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Killough & Ford by Robert M. Ford, Wynne, for appellant.

Rieves, Shelton & Mayton by Elton A. Rieves, IV, West Memphis, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In this slip-and-fall case the plaintiff Willis argues that the trial judge should not have directed a verdict for the defendant nursing home. We agree with the trial court. (Our jurisdiction includes tort cases. Rule 29[l][o].)

At about 9:45 a.m. Willis was about to visit Jim Sutherland, a patient in the nursing home. Willis testified that as he reached the foot of Sutherland's bed "my feet went everywhere." While he was still...

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