Evans v. Hot Shoppes, Inc.

When the trial court granted the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the ground that the plaintiffs had failed to show any negligence on the part of the defendant restaurant operator, the plaintiffs appealed.

The plaintiffs-appellants are husband and wife; the husband sued for loss of consortium, medical and hospital expenses of the wife paid by him; the wife for damages for personal injuries received by her, allegedly resulting from the negligence of the defendant in maintaining a paper and magazine rack in its restaurant, located at Langley Park in Prince George’s County.

The…