Dodge v. Tradewell Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when she fell in defendant’s grocery store. The case was submitted to the jury which brought back a verdict for plaintiff. Upon defendant’s motion the trial court entered a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff, a 42 year old housewife, entered defendant’s store to buy some groceries. She walked to the back of the store where she stepped in a puddle of water on the floor and fell. She testified, “I stepped in a puddle of water and my foot goes under the cooler and I fall to my left knee and…