Dunlap v. Marshall Field & Co.

Gladys Dunlap and her husband Leonard brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against Marshall Field & Company for personal injuries allegedly sustained when the plaintiff-wife slipped on a discarded lollipop stick while shopping in defendant’s downtown store. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence the trial court granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, denied plaintiffs’ post-trial motion, and entered judgment accordingly. Plaintiffs appeal.

With reference to the circumstances of the injury, Mrs. Dunlap was the only witness on her own behalf. On August 26, 1968,…