Garber v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Opinion by

Me. Justice Bok,

Plaintiff, with her mother and children, was shopping in defendant’s self-service store in Clairton, Allegheny County. She was standing by a display of cans of Wesson oil mounted on a shelf twelve inches from the floor. The cans, stacked three high atop one another, were each ten inches in height, making the stack about thirty inches high.

She was the only person near the display, her children and mother being at a little distance, and she was standing in the center of the aisle. While she was there a can, which held a gallon and weighed six pounds, fell on her foot.…