Henson v. F. W. Woolworth's Co.

CARNEY, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Pamela Hurst, age 22, along with two companions, was shopping the store of the defendant in Jackson, Tennessee, about noon on December 23,1971, when the plaintiff slipped and was injured on a soapylike substance in one of the aisles of the toy department. The jury returned a verdict of $20,000 for the plaintiff which the Trial Judge set aside upon a motion for a new trial. He then granted a directed verdict in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff has appealed and assigned error.

The metal baskets or bins in the toy department in which were displayed the many…