Beck v. Ideal Super Markets of Nebraska, Inc.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall at or near the doorway of defendant’s store. The jury’s verdict was for the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed.

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, February 7, 1960, the plaintiff, who was not a regular customer, entered defendant’s grocery store and purchased some groceries. As she left the store, she fell. The evidence is in direct conflict as fa> whether she fell in the doorway or outside the doorway. The plaintiff pleaded that the fall was caused solely by an obstruction in the exit doorway. She testified that…