Miller v. Food Fair Stores, Inc.

Appeal (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered January 26, 1977 in Rensselaer County, upon a verdict rendered at a Trial Term, and (2) from an order of said court, entered February 3, 1977, which denied defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict. The female plaintiff fell in defendant’s store, suffering injuries to her shoulder, neck and ankle. Plaintiffs alleged that defendant’s improper maintenance of its store was the proximate cause of the accident. After trial, the jury awarded the female plaintiff $21,000 and her husband $4,724.44 on his derivative cause…