The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company v. Miner C. Pedersen, (By Substitution)

Hilma Pedersen filed her complaint in the court below, founded on diversity of citizenship, seeking damages for personal injuries suffered by her in Essex, Maryland, on December 24, 1952. The only error pressed on appeal is the failure of the trial judge to upset a plaintiff’s verdict and enter judgment for defendant notwithstanding the verdict, pursuant to motions filed by the defendant under Rule 50(b), F.R.Civ.P., 28 U.S. C.A.

On the evening of December 24, 1952, plaintiff had been a customer in defendant’s store in Essex, Md. Defendant had leased a parking lot in the area east of the…