Vaughn v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

PETERS, P.

Plaintiff slipped and fell in a store operated by Montgomery Ward & Company in Burlingame and fractured her left kneecap. She brought this action alleging *554that “defendant was careless, reckless and negligent in that prior to the happening of the injuries herein complained of, defendant . . . placed upon the floor surface of its said store building an excess amount of oily, slippery, liquid substance or material and failed to use reasonable care in applying said oily, slippery substance or material to the surface of said floor, and failed to use reasonable or ordinary care in the…