Richardson v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

BROADDUS, Presiding Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The case was originally filed in the Magistrate Court, appealed and tried in the Circuit Court without a jury. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $345. Defendant appealed.

Plaintiff Richardson was shopping at the Safeway Store at 31st Street and Myrtle, Kansas City, Missouri, between 7:00 and 7:30 P.M. on January 31, 1962. As he was walking by the meat counter, he suddenly fell backwards. He got up and saw a bone on the floor. He stated that this bone which caused his fall was “about two…