ROWE v. WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC.

No. 97-1473.

714 So.2d 1180 (1998)

Irma ROWE and her husband, Wallace Rowe, Appellants, v. WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC. and Winn-DIXIE Montgomery, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Dru Sutton of Stone & Sutton, P.A., Panama City, for Appellants.

Richard N. Blank of Richard N. Blank, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for Appellees.


ALLEN, Judge.

The appellants challenge a summary final judgment entered for the appellees in a slip and fall action. Because we conclude that the "negligent method of operation" theory of recovery upon which the appellants rely is not applicable to supermarket slip and fall cases, we affirm the summary final judgment.

The undisputed facts established that Irma Rowe was shopping at the appellees' supermarket when she slipped on seafood salad which was on the...

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