Waters v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

In this slip and fall case, we decide whether the trial court erred by striking the plaintiff’s evidence and entering judgment in favor of the defendant on the ground that the plaintiff was guilty of assumption of the risk as a matter of law.

Inocencia L. Waters filed her motion for judgment against Safeway Stores, Inc., seeking damages for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell in a Safeway parking lot. She alleged that her injuries were proximately caused by Safeway’s negligence.

The case was tried before a jury. At the conclusion of Waters’ case, Safeway made a motion to strike her…