Paula Shannon v. High-Low Foods, Inc.

KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appealed from the District Court’s entry of judgment on a jury verdict for plaintiff, who sustained personal injuries in falling over a coaster wagon pulled by a boy on the public sidewalk in front of defendant’s store.

Defendant contends that the District Court erred in failing to grant defendant’s motions to direct a verdict, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial.

Plaintiff argued that as a customer leaving the store, 1 she was still an invitee; that she was injured through defendant’s breach of duty in creating a dangerous condition in…