Kipp v. F. W. Woolworth & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, F. W. Wool worth & Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland on the 13th day of June, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for §2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of June, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
On Friday, the 6th day of August, 1909, the plaintiff, with her sister, entered the store of defendant for the purpose of making some small purchases. They were directed to the proper counter for their purposes, and while standing in front of the counter they were approached by an employee of the store, who was engaged in sweeping the floor. The plaintiff, as she says, to avoid the dirt being pushed forward by the sweeper, stepped to one side, and in doing so fell, sustaining injuries for which the jury has awarded her a verdict of $2,000. The plaintiff testified, not that there…
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