Bridgman v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment for defendant in an action for personal injuries, and she claims that certain instructions given to the jury were erroneous.

On October 30, 1956, at approximately 1 p. m., plaintiff entered defendant’s self-service market to purchase a pumpkin. She testified that she selected one from the pumpkin stand, weighed it, and replaced it. While she was still facing the stand she felt a sudden blow on her chest that knocked her down. She did not see the pumpkins fall because she had averted her eyes for an instant, but after she fell she saw pumpkins lying by her…