Court of Appeals of North Carolina June 6, 1989, 889SC879 (Hicks v. Foods Lion, Inc.)

JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiff’s evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to her, tended to show the following: On 31 January 1986 at approximately 8:00 p.m., plaintiff entered defendant’s grocery store to purchase two items. After selecting them, she proceeded to the sixth or seventh check-out lane carrying her groceries and six dollars in her hands. There she got in line behind another customer.