Safeway Stores, Inc. v. White

William Ed White, plaintiff, brought this suit against Safeway Stores, Inc., defendant, to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when he was pinned by a Safeway truck against the wall of defendant’s store in Corsicana. Plaintiff’s compensation insurance carrier intervened, but its presence as a party has no bearing on the question to be decided.

All grounds of recovery except discovered peril were waived, and plaintiff sought to establish liability by showing that L. C. Clark, manager of the grocery department in the Corsicana store, discovered him in a position of peril and…