Alice G. Cuevas v. W. E. Walker

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, W. E. Walker, Inc., doing business as Bill's
Dollar Store. The plaintiff, Alice G. Cuevas, claims to have been injured in a slip and fall accident upon the defendant's
premises as a result of defendant's negligence. In the late afternoon of October 3, 1987, Mrs. Cuevas went shopping at the Bill's Dollar Store in Jackson, Alabama. She was
accompanied by her adult ward, two minor children, Sandra Turner, and Turner's minor daughter. Plaintiff testified by deposition
that she went to the store to look at shoes and to purchase a "jam box" (a radio-tape cassette player). She stated that she
spent approximately 10 minutes making her selection. After selecting the jam box that she planned to purchase, she walked
toward the cashier. Her complaint alleges that she tripped over an electrical extension cord stretched across the aisle and
fell, injuring herself as a result.