Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Chandler

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

This is a "trip and fall” case. Plaintiff, Mrs. Ruby Chandler, was shopping in Sears for a birthday gift and a light fixture for her church. The light fixtures were hanging from a high beam. As she came to the end of the main display counter, she attempted to turn right but her leg struck a raised platform, called an "endcap.” An "endcap” is a display platform, approximately "2 x 4” feet in width, about 10 inches high, and is "located at the end of a line of fixtures ...” It is used to display merchandise but this particular endcap was empty. The other endcaps had…