Teer v. J. Weingarten, Inc.

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

In this case, the plaintiffs, D. C. Teer and his wife, seek a recovery for damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Teer while she was an invitee, on September 5, 1963, in a store of the defendant, J. Wein-garten, Inc. The parties will sometimes be designated plaintiff and defendant, as in the trial court.

The evidence showed that, on the occasion in question, Mrs. Teer was on defendant’s premises, a supermarket, for the purpose of buying groceries. Her status as an invitee and the corresponding duty of the defendant to keep its premises in a reasonably safe…