Blanco v. J. C. Penney Co.

Mrs. Blanco (appellant) tried to walk through a plate glass panel that “looked [to her] like an open door.” The next thing she knew someone had “propped [her] up on a chair” and compresses were being applied to her face. When her suit against appellee (Penney) came on for trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, the trial judge, Shearin, J., at the conclusion of her case, directed a verdict in favor of Penney.

In our discussion we shall keep in mind the familiar rule that the evidence, together with all proper and legitimate inferences to be drawn therefrom, must be considered in a…