Van Brocklin v. Bragman

This action is brought to recover damages for injuries which plaintiff claims she sustained by reason of negligence of the defendant. Defendant claims she was not guilty of negligence and claims contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff. The case was tried before a circuit judge without a jury. The finding and judgment was in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff claims that she was injured on the evening of October 23, 1942, while purchasing fruit in defendant’s fruit store, when she slipped on a wet floor near some lettuce crates piled along the south wall of the store, and…