TAWEEL v. Starn's Shoprite Supermarket

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Francis, J.

In late July 1965 plaintiff Angeline Taweel entered defendant Starn’s Shoprite Supermarket in Absecon, FT. J. to do some shopping. While pushing a grocery cart down one of the aisles in the area of the frozen foods section, she slipped on a quantity of what appeared to be melted ice cream on the floor. She fell against a food case but her son who was nearby caught her and prevented her from falling to the ground. She was immediately aware that she had hurt her back and reported the accident to an employee in a special booth to which she was…