Blake v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Upon the conflicting testimony in this case it was possible for a jury to find that the plaintiff slipped and fell in the defendant’s store upon a floor made slippery by moisture over a considerable surface which had become saturated with oil through the application of a thick floor oil during many months of the year. Moisture was brought into the store upon the feet, clothing and umbrellas of customers who came in during a rainy day from a somewhat slushy street. The store was otherwise clean and well lighted and there was evidence to justify a finding that the plaintiff was in the exercise…