Louie v. Hagstrom's Food Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries resulting from a fall in the entrance to defendant’s grocery store. The cause was tried before a jury. It brought in a verdict of $2,500. From the judgment entered on the verdict, and from the order denying the defendant’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, defendant appeals. It is defendant’s theory on this appeal that the evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, to establish any negligence on its part, that the evidence demonstrates, as a matter of law, that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence,…