Blume v. Shepard Company

This civil action for negligence was tried to a Superior Court justice and a jury which returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The case is before us on the defendant’s claim of appeal from the judgment entered in accordance with the verdict.

The ultimate facts are not in dispute and are readily stated. They establish that defendant is the operator of a department store which includes shoes as merchandise offered for sale. For this purpose, an area of the store is set aside as a shoe department. On September 29, 1964, plaintiff, who was familiar with the layout from previous visits, entered the…