Norwood v. Sherwin-Williams Co.

CARLTON, Justice.

I

Plaintiff filed this suit for serious personal injuries sustained when she tripped over a raised platform in defendant’s store. The gravamen of plaintiff’s claim was the alleged negligence of defendant and its agents in constructing the pallet without a kickboard, in placing the platform in the store so that one of its corners extended several inches into the aisle, and in placing a display on the platform that drew the patrons’ attention away from the floor and toward the display at approximately eye level. Defendant’s answer denied negligence on its part, alleged that…