Martin v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

SWAN, District Judge:

This is an action for personal injury brought by Ernestina Martin, the plaintiff and appellant herein, to recover damages for a broken leg resulting from a fall on a sidewalk leading from the parking lot of Safeway Stores to the main entrance of its grocery store. At the conclusion of the evidence Safeway Stores, Incorporated, the defendant and respondent herein, moved for a directed verdict which the trial court granted, and it is from that ruling that the appeal to this Court is taken.

It is uncontroverted that on January 13, 1975, at approximately 9:30 p. m., and after…