Mendez v. Pavich

Opinion by

Mr. Justice McWilliams.

Joyce Pavich slipped and fell while shopping in a grocery market operated by one J. C. Mendez. Based on'this occurrence she brought a personal injury action against Mendez, alleging that she had suffered damage as the result of his negligence and the negligence of his employes. Upon trial it developed that Pavich slipped and fell when she stepped into a pool of liquid wax which had been placed on the floor near the cheese counter in the Mendez store by his employe who was then in the process of waxing the floors.

A trial by jury culminated in a verdict in favor…