Smith v. SAFEWAY STORE'S, INC.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge:
Appellant sued to recover damages for her injuries caused by a fall in one of ap-pellee’s stores. At the conclusion of appellant’s case, appellee’s motion for a directed verdict was granted, and this appeal followed.
Appellant testified that she went to the store to do some marketing, selected a few items, and then proceeded to the check-out counter where she realized she had forgotten something. As she returned to get it, according to her testimony, she tripped and fell when her foot became entangled in a potato chip rack which extended across the end of a section of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jackson v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Smith v. Emporium Mercantile Co. Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
- Lippman v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
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- Gill v. American Security CorporationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
- Winthrop v. 1600 16TH STREET CORPORATIONDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
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