Wroblewski v. Hillman's, Inc.

Plaintiff brought suit against Hillman’s, Inc., for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained when she slipped on a vegetable leaf near the check-out counter of defendant’s retail food store. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the end of plaintiff’s case, denied her post-trial motion, and entered judgment accordingly, from which plaintiff appeals.

The salient facts disclose that on Saturday, April 16, 1955, plaintiff, accompanied by her six-year-old daughter, went shopping at Hillman’s at 28 West Washington Street in Chicago. The store was operated on a…