Taylor v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Plaintiff, Margaret E. Taylor, instituted this action against the defendant, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc., to recover damages for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell to the floor in defendant’s store while there as a customer.

The case was tried to a jury, and at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence defendant moved the court to strike out all her evidence and enter summary judgment in its favor. In sustaining defendant’s motion, the trial court, in an oral opinion, ruled that there was sufficient evidence on the question of negligence of the defendant and lack of…