A Florida appellate court on Wednesday reversed a $1.5 million slip-and-fall verdict against Publix Super Markets Inc., finding there was no evidence the supermarket knew about a wet floor.

A Miami jury ruled in favor of Jessie Bellaiche, who hurt her shoulder after falling in a Publix aisle in 2010. Bellaiche, then 70, said her pants were wet after the fall, and she saw a Publix employee with a mop in his hand.

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