Baxter v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

On February 5, 1972, Elsie Baxter slipped and fell, suffering serious injury, on the ice-covered surface of a parking lot maintained by Safeway Stores, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Safeway”). Approximately 6 months later, on August 13, 1972, Mrs. Baxter committed suicide, dying of a drug overdose. James Baxter, husband and personal representative of the decedent, prosecuted this action seeking damages for wrongful death, alleging that Safeway’s negligence caused Mrs. Baxter’s fall in the parking lot and that her resulting injury was so severe that she was seized with an uncontrollable…