Legal Opinion
Brodsky v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1945No. 243PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
The action below was for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff from a fall in one of defendant’s self-service stores. Plaintiff entered the store to purchase groceries and shortly after passing the turnstile stepped on some string beans, slipped and fell. There was no evidence of how the beans came to be on the floor or how long they had been there. At the close of plaintiff’s testimony the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, holding that the case was controlled by the decision in F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Williams, 59 App.D.C. 347, 41 F.2d 970.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1930
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
- Fisher v. Washington Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- Hellyer v. SearsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1933
- Selby v. S. Kann Sons Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Viands v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- Orum v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
- Kindig v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. MorganDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- McIntosh v. Greenway Apartments, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960