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CEDRIC JONES v. KROGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 6, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Alex P. White, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Cedric Jones.

Attorneys 2: Hayley E. Vos and Hallie P. Gillam, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Kroger Limited Partnership I and Jackson Village, LLC d/b/a Tobin Properties-Real Estate Group, Inc.

Attorneys 3: James R. Tomkins, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Music City Maintenance, Inc.

Judge(s): BENNETT

After slipping and falling on accumulated snow and ice in the parking lot of a grocery store, a man filed a premises liability lawsuit against the store, the owner of the parking lot, and the company hired to perform snow and ice removal services for the parking lot. The trial court granted summary judgment to all of the defendants because the court found that the proof at the summary judgment stage showed conclusively that reasonable minds could not differ that the man was at least fifty percent at fault for the injuries he alleged to have suffered. Discerning that the evidence shows that a dispute of material fact exists, we reverse the trial court’s decision and remand for further proceedings.

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