Jones v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

314 A.2d 459 (1974)

Octavia C. JONES, Appellant,

v.

SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Appellee.

No. 6812.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued March 13, 1973.

Decided January 28, 1974.

Wiley A. Branton, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William H. Seckinger, Washington, D. C., with whom Edward J. Lopata, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KERN and PAIR, Associate Judges.

REILLY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting defendant Safeway Stores' motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, after a jury had awarded damages in the amount of…