Olinger v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

HOFFMAN, JUSTICE.

Plaintiff, Max Olinger, was awarded a verdict in the sum of $30,000 against the defendants, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, and its manager, Eddie G-raves, for personal injuries received when he slipped and fell while patronizing the store of the defendant, The Great Atlantic and Pacific- Tea Company. The trial court entered judgment for the plaintiff on the verdict and denied defendants’ post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding and, in the alternative, for a new trial.

Both defendants appeal and urge strongly that they were entitled to a directed verdict…