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BRITTON v. WOOTEN

Nos. 90-SC-320-DG, 90-SC-497-DG.

817 S.W.2d 443 (1991)

Genoa BRITTON, Movant, v. L. Wayne WOOTEN, d/b/a Wooten's Pic Pac and Wooten's Grocery Company, Inc., Respondents. L. Wayne WOOTEN, d/b/a Wooten's Pic Pac and Wooten's Grocery Company, Inc., Cross-Movants, v. Genoa BRITTON, Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John David Preston, Michael D. Osborne, Perry & Preston, Paintsville, and Don A. Bailey, Louisa, for Britton.

Eldred E. Adams, Jr., Adams & Adams, Louisa, and John A. Webb, Ashland, for Wooten.

LEIBSON, Justice.

On May 8, 1983, Wooten's Pic Pac Grocery in Louisa, Kentucky, was destroyed by fire. A portion of the grocery store premises consisted of a building owned by the movant, Genoa Britton (the lessor), and leased to L. Wayne Wooten d/b/a Wooten's Pic Pac and Wooten's Grocery Company, Inc. (collectively, the lessee). The movant filed suit against her lessee alleging negligence in the operation of the grocery store. Allegedly, the store employees stacked...

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