Kirmes v. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.

This is an action in tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall on what she alleges were the defendant’s negligently maintained business premises.

The trial court found for the plaintiff in the amount of $7,650.00, less a twenty *197percent (20%) reduction for her contributory negligence. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff in the net amount of $6,120.00.

The defendant challenges on this appeal the trial court’s denial of its “Motion for a Directed Finding”1 filed at the close of the plaintiffs evidence, and the court’s disposition of the defendant’s requests for…