Legal Opinion
Hines v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 1978No. 12092PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellant appeals the entry of judgment n. o. v. after a verdict returned in her favor for $26,300. She also appeals the alternative order of the trial court granting appel-lee a new trial unless appellant elects remit-titur of $11,300. We reverse.
Appellant sought damages for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell in a two-foot pool of liquid near the check-out line in appellee’s supermarket. The evidence, taken in the light most favorable to appellant, 1 tended to show that the liquid had been on the floor for at least twenty
minutes 2 and that it was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Alonzo Wayne Taylor v. The Washington Terminal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Louie v. Hagstrom's Food Stores, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1947
- Lottie R. Seganish and Daniel Seganish v. District of Columbia Safeway Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Steinhorst v. H. C. Prange Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1970
- Aqui v. IsaacDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Vassiliades v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Marinopoliski v. IrishDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Finkelstein v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. JeantyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
- Lacy v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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