Hubbard v. Montgomery Ward Co. Inc.

Loring, Chief Justice.

This was an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when she fell on the floor in defendant’s store. Defendant appeals from an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding a verdict for plaintiff or a new trial.

Plaintiff fell while shopping in defendant’s store. She asserts, and so testified, that the floor was negligently permitted to be in a slippery, greasy, wet condition, by reason of which she slipped and fell, sustaining a broken arm and a fractured hip. Defendant contended that plaintiff was knocked down by another customer, that it was not…