McManamon v. High's Dairy Products Corp.

A housewife (who slipped and fell on a damp floor in a milk store) and her husband appeal from a judgment for costs against them, following a directed verdict at the conclusion of their testimony in their suit against the store owner.

The wife testified that she entered the store, put an empty milk bottle she was carrying on a stand near the door and then noticed that the floor in front of the door of the refriger ator containing the milk on sale was damp. She walked slowly towards the refrigerator door because she was pregnant, opened the door, got out a bottle of milk, turned around, took…