Edgecomb v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

The plaintiff was injured when, forced toward the outer edge of the sidewalk by an obstruc tion placed thereon by the defendant, she stepped into a depression in the walk. The only error assigned is the granting of the motion to set aside the verdict. The question to be decided is whether the jury could reasonably have found the acts of the defendant to be the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury.

While the evidence is fairly extensive, there is no serious dispute about the material facts. The defendant operates a super market on the northerly side of Bank Street in New London. A concrete…