Brown v. Alabama Foods, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge.
Appellant was injured in appellee’s supermarket when, in moving from the checkout counter toward the exit door, she struck her head against a plate glass panel adjacent to the door. In her complaint appellant alleged that the accident happened because she was unable to distinguish the glass door from the adjacent glass panel and pushed against the panel, believing it to be the door. The complaint charged appellee with negligence in failing to mark the door so as to enable customers to distinguish the door from the panel. Appellant’s testimony at trial, however, tended to…
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