Frosch v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

In this action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in falling over a tricycle on display in the defendant’s store, these material facts are disclosed by the finding, with such corrections as the defendant is entitled to. Shortly after 4 p.m. on May 23d, 1936, in the defendant’s Hartford store, the plaintiff decided to look at zipper bags which were displayed along with other merchandise, including tricycles, in the sporting goods department. These bags were located on express wagons placed upon horizontal metal supports, protruding from the vertical iron pipes of a display rack…