Wood v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

VIOLETTE, Justice.

Thelma Wood fractured her kneecap after stumbling over a defect in the parking lot of a store leased and operated by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P) in Machias. She sued defendant/third-party plaintiff A&P for negligence and A&P brought a third-party complaint sounding in both negligence and contract against the lot’s lessor, Atlantic Enterprises (Atlantic), seeking indemnification against any recovery by plaintiff Wood.

The jury returned verdicts against A&P in both actions and judgment was entered accordingly in Superior Court, Washington County, after…