Edna L. Duggins v. Colonial Stores, Inc.

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

We are concerned with the sufficiency of the evidence to support a verdict for the plaintiff who claimed damages for an injury she suffered when she fell in one of the defendant’s stores. We conclude that, under the laws of North Carolina, the evidence was insufficient and that judgment non obstante veredicto should have been entered for the defendant.

Mrs. Duggins, with her husband, was-shopping one evening in one of the defendant’s grocery stores. Her foot, slipped in an oily liquid on the floor, and she fell, sustaining some injury for which she seeks compensation.

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