Legal Opinion
Jessie L. Thomason v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1969No. 13112_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:
Damages for personal hurt in her fall on September 21, 1967 while a customer in a Norfolk, Virginia store of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc., were claimed of the company by Jessie L. Thomason, complaining in warranty and in negligence. Summary judgment went for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
The point of the controversy is whether the law of Virginia — governing here —affords recovery to a prospective purchaser slipping on produce which had dropped to the floor in a self-service store, when the storekeeper is without actual or imputed…
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