Pumo v. Foltynewicz

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Ida Pumo, from a judgment, following a jury trial, in favor of the defendant, Richard Foltynewicz, doing business as Richard’s Lawn and Garden Center. The underlying action was for damages due to personal injuries received by the plaintiff in a fall on the defendant’s business premises.

At the trial the plaintiff testified that on April 28, 1977, she went to Richard’s Lawn and Garden Center in her car after taking her friend to a beauty shop. She stopped the car in front of the defendant’s place of business and walked around the front of the car, a 1974…