CALVERT v. HOUSE BEAUTIFUL PAINT AND DECORATING CENTER, INC.

No. 24052.

443 S.E.2d 398 (1994)

George CALVERT, Respondent, v. HOUSE BEAUTIFUL PAINT AND DECORATING CENTER, INC., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 25, 1994.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. McKenzie of McDonald, McKenzie, Fuller, Rubin, and Miller, Columbia, for petitioner.

S. Jahue Moore and John D. O'Day both of Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Allen, Deneen and Taylor, West Columbia, for respondent.


GREGORY, Acting Associate Justice:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' memorandum decision in this slip and fall case. We reverse.

FACTS

Petitioner (House Beautiful) operates a small retail paint store that has only three aisles. Respondent (Calvert) was a customer in the store when he slipped and fell on a slick substance in the paint base aisle. The record indicates the following...

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