Ransome v. Bull Markets, Inc.

The plaintiff appeals from a dismissal of her complaint and a directed verdict in favor of the defendant at the close of all of the evidence. The defendant has admitted in its answer that it maintained a store for the sale of food, household products and other merchandise and further that adjoining the store building it maintained a parking area for the use of its patrons and other invitees. To reach the parking area automobilists were required to drive over *720the sidewalk. The plaintiff’s theory was that a hazardous situation was created on the public sidewalk by its being traversed by…