Campbell v. Safeway Stores, Incorporated

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Leone Campbell, sued for injuries suffered when she tripped and fell over a small cardboard box in an aisle of the defendant’s supermarket located at 4th South and Ninth East in Salt Lake City.

A jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $14,053.26. Subsequently the trial court granted defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Plaintiff appeals seeking (1) reversal of that ruling and reinstatement of the verdict, and (2) an additur to the verdict, or in the alternative, a new trial on the issues of damages only.

Plaintiff is a woman…