Rarus v. J. C. Penney Co.

On August 15, 1960, plaintiff, while shopping in the retail department store of the defendant in LaSalle, Illinois, slipped and fell. To recover for the alleged injuries which she sustained as a result of this fall, this action was brought. A jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1200. The trial court reserved its ruling on defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of the evidence and subsequently denied defendant’s post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and from a judgment of the trial court rendered upon the verdict, defendant…