Shorkey v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Plaintiff, while a customer in defendant’s store and following the manager to the rear of the store to be shown some goods, stepped on a hot-air register located near a counter about the center of the store. . The heel of her shoe went through a hole in the register and she was thrown and injured. She had verdict of a jury and judgment for damages. Defendant asks judgment non obstante for lack of negligence on the part of defendant and for contributory negligence of plaintiff.

Plaintiff’s heels were high and about three-quarter inch by one inch across the bottom. She had worn similar shoes for…