Najera v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Leopoldo Najera sued The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company for $2,500.00 in damages for an injury he sustained while working in a baking plant operated by the Company in Dallas. The trial court entered judgment for Najera upon a jury verdict for $500.00, but the Dallas Court of Civil Appeals concluded as a matter of law that the mishap causing the injury was not, from the Company’s viewpoint, reasonably foreseeable, and, moreover, was due solely to Najera’s own negeligence. Accordingly, it reversed the judgment of the district court and rendered one in favor of the Company. 203 S. W. (2d)…