Albertsons Slip-and-Fall Verdict Tossed by Texas Appellate Court

A Texas woman injured in an Albertsons Cos. supermarket slip-and-fall won a state appeals court ruling overturning her take-nothing judgment and granting her a re-trial of her claims.

A new jury could look at the evidence and conclude that the Houston store, Randalls, through its employees, either actually knew about an unreasonably dangerous condition or should’ve known of it, the Texas Court of Appeals, Fourteenth District said in a 2-1 opinion.

There’s a different standard depending on whether the injured party, in this case Maryam Mohammadi—who worked at a Wells Fargo inside of Randalls —was an invitee or a licensee. ...