Roselip v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Plaintiff was manager and meat cutter in defendant’s local store at Boyal Oak. The store had a cement floor but back of the counter was a board platform, raised about four inches above the cement floor and upon which plaintiff worked. The board platform did not extend to the refrigerator and where it ended a six-inch board was placed in a slanting position to prevent tripping under the edge of the platform. Plaintiff had worked there for several months and, in July, 1931, while carrying a 40-pound loin of beef to the refrigerator, he slipped on the slanting edge of the platform and claims he…