Need to Know Legal Matters
WHEN CAN A PREMISES LIABILITY PLAINTIFF COLLECT FOR INJURY CAUSED BY A STATIONARY OBJECT?
Under what circumstances may a customer in a retail store (for example) sue for an injury caused by a display, a pallet, or some other stationary object, as opposed to a spill or some other "foreign substance" on the floor? The Tennessee Court of Appeals recently addressed this question in Hunter v. Kroger Limited Partnership I, No. W2017-01789-COA-R3-CV, which came out on 11/5/18. It is unknown whether any attempt will be made to appeal this decision. In the Hunter case, pla