Giant Food Stores, Inc. v. Bowling

HOOD, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for personal injuries suffered by appellee when she slipped and fell at the entrance of one of appellant’s stores. She claimed that her fall was due to an unusual and unnecessarily large accumulation of slush and water on the metal strip in the entrance-way.

Appellant first contends that the evidence did not justify a finding of negligence on its part. We do not agree. A storekeeper is not an insurer of its customers but does owe them the duty of using reasonable care for their safety. The evidence here presented a question for the jury whether…