Ritter v. Meijer, Inc

On August 22, 1980, Viktoria Ritter, hereinafter plaintiff, was a customer at the defendant’s store located in Royal Oak. After finishing her shopping, she paid for her groceries at the store’s cashier counter. On her way out of the store, about five or six feet from the checkout counter, she stepped on a grape and fell, sustaining serious injuries. Plaintiff testified that it felt as if the grape had previously been stepped on. Defendant’s cashier wiped up the area with a paper towel and then discarded the towel and the grape.

At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, defendant moved for a…