Clements v. Wells

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

In the course of her employment as manager of a cafeteria kitchen, Mrs. Clements fell over a box delivered by an agent of appellee. She was severely injured and she and her husband brought suit, alleging that her injuries were due to the negligence of appellee’s agent. This appeal is from a summary judgment granted to appellee.

The ground on which judgment was entered was that Mrs. Clements, as a matter of law, failed to exercise ordinary care for her own safety, thereby barring any recovery against appellee. The evidence on which that conclusion was based was that…