Sheridan v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The question is whether injuries sustained by a business invitee resulted from the negligence of the defendant company or that of another customer.

Plaintiff, a woman 76 years of age, made some purchases in the defendant company’s grocery store and was about to leave through a front doorway. This consisted of two doors, each seven feet high, three feet wide and two inches thick, containing a clear plate glass panel approximately five feet by two feet. The doors were hung on opposite sides of the same frame. Both could only swing toward the interior of the…