Rome v. Adams

This case is before us on the plaintiff’s exception to the allowance of a motion for a directed verdict for the defendant in an action of tort for alleged negligence causing the plaintiff to sustain personal injuries in a fall at a food market where she was employed. The defendant had an oral agreement with the plaintiff’s employer to wash and wax the store’s floor. This involved applying a cleaning solution, scrubbing and vacuum drying the floor, and then applying wax 1¡o it with a string mop for normal drying without buffing. Four or five of the defendant’s employees arrived at the store…