Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. v. Rosenberger

Mattie Lee Rosenberger, the plaintiff, brought an action against The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, the defendant, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained when she fell in the defendant’s store in Winchester. A jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,000.00,. upon which the trial court entered final judgment. We granted the defendant a writ of error.

A number of errors are assigned to the actions of the trial court but, in the view we take of the case, it is necessary to consider only those which present the question of whether…