Collins v. Kienow's Food Stores

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered when plaintiff fell on a wet surface just inside the entrance of defendant’s supermarket. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for an involuntary nonsuit. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff, a 58-year old woman, entered defendant’s store and as she stepped off the rubber pad used to actuate the automatic doors she fell, causing her injuries. It had been raining on the day of the fall and the floor near the entrance was wet from rain water carried into the store by the customers. The floor sloped downward from the rubber pad at…