Redding v. FW Woolworth Company

The sole question presented is whether plaintiff’s evidence was sufficient to require submission of the case to the jury. Defendant appellee contends that plaintiff failed to make out a prima facie case of actionable negligence in that she failed to show (1) any duty or standard of care or any specific acts upon which the jury could predicate a finding of negligence, or plaintiff’s status in relation to the store; (2) failed to show that any action of Mr. Arnold was the cause of her injury, and (3) assuming Mr. Arnold’s conduct to have caused her injury, failed to show that it was reasonably…