Corbin v. Mann's International Meat Specialties, Inc.

Moran, D.J.

The defendant, Mann’s International Meat Specialties, Inc., secured a jury verdict in its favor in a personal injury action, and the plaintiff, Douglas Corbin, appeals from the order overruling his motion for a new trial. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Corbin was injured after slipping and falling on an icy sidewalk leading from Mann’s parking lot to its meat processing plant. Corbin, an inspector employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, had gone to the plant to inspect it. Mann’s wanted the plant inspected so that it could secure USDA approval necessary for opening…