Galloway v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

This is an appeal from the granting of defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a slip and fall case. Plaintiff, M. C. Galloway, and his son entered defendant’s store on a Saturday morning to keep the son’s 10 a.m. appointment with the optical department. The department was on the second floor, and the two ascended the stairway, not noticing any foreign substance on the stairs.

Upon completing their business at approximately 12 a.m., the two started back down the stairs. M. C. Galloway, who was leading, slipped on a small puddle of clear liquid on the second step. He fell…