Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Terrell

Appellee wont into appellant’s store to buy groceries, fell upon the floor, and thereby suffered a broken arm. Appellee attributed her injury to the fact (according to her theory of the case) that the floor was wet or oily and thereby caused her to slip and fall. Appellant, denying negligence and further pleading contributory negligence in short by consent, in support of its last-mentioned plea offered evidence tending- to show that appellee’s injury was chargeable proximately, in material part at least, to the fact that she had on at the time high-heeled 'shoes, one of which turned, causing…