Walsh v. C & K MARKET, INC.

Plaintiff seeks damages for injuries that she suffered when the automatic doors at defendant’s grocery store malfunctioned and hit her as she was entering. She appeals from a judgment that the trial court entered after granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs evidence. ORCP 60. The trial court held that plaintiff was a licensee at the time of her injury rather than an invitee, as she had alleged. We reverse.

Because we are reviewing a directed verdict, we state the facts most favorably to plaintiff, the losing party. Defendant operates Ray’s Food Store in…