Martin v. Richman Gordman No. 2, Inc.

Martha C. Martin, a shopper at the store of Richman Gordman No. 2, Inc., slipped and fell on a patch of ice in the parking lot. Jury verdict in her personal injury action went for Richman, and Martha has appealed. She contends that the jury instructions were erroneous in these respects: They omitted an issue raised by a negligence specification in Martha’s petition, and they included a false issue over Richman’s knowledge of the icy condition.

Some years prior to the accident which happened at 6:30 p.m., January 12, 1968, Richman had engaged a contractor to attach a rainspout to the store…