Najjar v. Safeway, Inc.

Defendants appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff for personal injuries. We affirm.

Because the jury found in his favor, we present the facts in the light most favorable to plaintiff. Or Const, Art VII (Amended), § 3. On January 11, 2000, plaintiff worked his shift as a maintenance clerk at a grocery store in downtown Portland operated by defendant Safeway, Inc. Plaintiff went home at the end of his shift but returned to the downtown store to purchase some groceries later that evening, accompanied by Johnson, who was plaintiffs roommate and a meatcutter employed by…