Serinto v. Borman Food Stores

A jury awarded plaintiff Catherine Serinto damages for an injury she received when she stepped and fell on a broken mayonnaise jar on the floor of defendant Borman Food Stores, and damages in her husband’s suit for medical expenses, loss of services, and consortium. The trial court refused defendant’s motion for directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ proofs and, also, refused a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The Court of Appeals set forth the issue by stating (3 Mich App 183, 188):

“The sole issue raised in these appeals is whether or not the plaintiffs proved a prima…