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Ike v. The Kroger Co.

Evidence that plaintiff did not actually fall to the floor when she slipped on water inside the store's entrance and that she continued with her shopping after the incident supported the jury's verdict in favor of the defendant.

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Angela Ike appeals a judgment, based on a jury verdict, in favor of The Kroger Company in a rainy day slip and fall case. She contends the trial court erred by refusing to give her requested jury charge on the admissibility of admissions made by Kroger employees; by giving Kroger’s charge on expecting to find water on the floor on a rainy day; by giving Kroger’s charge on her obligation to exercise ordinary care for her own safety; by giving Kroger’s charge on equal or greater negligence; by refusing to give her charge on future earnings; by allegedly commenting upon the evidence during the charge; and by denying her motion for a new trial. Ike also contends the verdict is contrary to the evidence, without evidence to support it, decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence, and contrary to law and the principle of justice and equity. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Ike contends the trial court erred by denying her motion for a new trial because the verdict was contrary to the evidence and without evidence to support it, is decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence, and is contrary to law and principles of justice. In her recitation of the facts and in her arguments regarding her motion for a new trial Ike, quite naturally, has stated the facts from her point of view. However, re-arguing the evidence,

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