Lavoie v. Brockelman Bros.

The first action is for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff on April 7, 1939, while she was a customer at the defendant’s market in Fitchburg as a result of alleged negligence of the defendant. The second action is by the husband of the plaintiff in the first action to recover for medical expenses. The plaintiff in the first action will be called the plaintiff. In each action the trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant.

There was evidence tending to show these facts: There was “a big crowd in the store.” The plaintiff had made some purchases in the defendant’s self-service…