Hyman v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff-respondent from slipping and falling on the vestibule entrance tile floor to the store of the defendant-appellant corporation in St. Louis. The jury awarded her $10,000 damages against the corporation, but found in favor of the manager of the store, who was joined as a defendant. The respondent’s case was based considerably on the testimony of Warren Jones, an architect, who testified as an expert concerning the construction and condition of the vestibule entrance floor. The appellant’s contentions on this appeal are: (1) that…