Craig v. Greenbelt Consumer Services, Inc.

On this appeal the question involved is whether the trial judge, in a tort action before a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, was correct in granting the defendantappellee’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of all of the evidence.

On November 7, 1965, the plaintiff-appellant, a regular patron, entered defendant’s store between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of making a purchase. After making her selection, she slipped and fell while walking toward the check-out counter. As a result of her fall she sustained a fractured sacrum and other injuries. Prior to her…