Paradiso v. Kroger Company

OPINION

PARROTT, Judge.

In this circuit court action Rose L. Par-adiso sues the Kroger Company seeking damages allegedly resulting from a fall in the defendant’s store.

At the trial below the jury returned a verdict of $4,000.00 in favor of the plaintiff. Thereafter the circuit judge sustained defendant’s motion for directed verdict on the ground the plaintiff had failed to prove any actual or constructive notice of the alleged defect or dangerous condition in defendant’s equipment. From this order setting aside the verdict and dismissing the suit, plaintiff has appealed.

On May 9, 1970, between…