Lexington Market Authority v. Zappala

This appeal is from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict after the trial court denied a motion for judgment N.O.V. The plaintiff sustained injuries from slipping on a spot of oil or grease in a self-service parking garage. The plaintiff was a business invitee, to whom the proprietor owed a duty to exercise ordinary care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition. Nalee, Inc. v. Jacobs, 228 Md. 525, 529; Rawls v. Hochschild, Kohn & Co., 207 Md. 113, 117; Moore v. Ameri can Stores Co., 169 Md. 541, 546. See also the cases in 62 A.L.R. 2d 6. But the burden is upon the customer to show…