Food Fair Stores, Palm Beach, Inc. v. Spinelli

SHANNON, Judge.

Appellants, defendants below in an action for personal injuries, bring this appeal from a judgment of $3,000 for plaintiff Romalda M. Spinelli, based upon a jury verdict.

The complaint alleged that while the plaintiffs were shopping in the defendants’ store, a half gallon can of floor wax fell from a lower shelf and struck the plaintiff Romalda M. Spinelli on her right leg and foot. The accident occurred when the plaintiff reached up to get another type of wax from the top shelf. The complaint further alleged that the defendants were *42guilty of carelessness and negligence in…