Weiskopf v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff injured two fingers on her right hand when she fell while exiting defendant’s store. She claims she slipped on a greasy or oily substance on a rubber mat outside the door. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case the trial court granted defendant’s motion for an involuntary nonsuit and plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent because either (1) it caused the substance to be spilled, (2) it allowed the substance to remain on the mat, knowing it was there, or (3) in the exercise of reasonable care it should have known that the substance was there and removed it.…