Feingold v. S. S. Kresge Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bodine, J.

A woman, accompanied by her three-and-a-half-year-old son, went to the defendant’s store in Wood-bury to make a purchase of candy for him. The child while in the store was severely injured by the fall of a rack containing a display of pictures. The rack was a flimsy con trivance fastened neither to the floor or wall. There was no error in the submission of the case to the jury. Obviously, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applied. Law v. Morris, 102 N. J. L. 650. Judge Green defined the doctrine in Mumma v. Easton and Amboy Railroad, 73 Id.…