Hutchins v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

In this action of tort by a customer who was hurt by a fall on the floor of the defendant’s store, there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant’s only exception is to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict. It argues that there was no evidence of negligence or of causation.

It was the evening of a rainy day, and, in view from the door by which the plaintiff entered, there was an indentation in the floor containing a puddle “about two feet wide, and maybe larger,” one quarter to one half inch deep, and “dark in color.” The floor was of wood, and “very wet where everybody’s feet…