Thelma E. Gross v. Alabama Foods, Inc.
This text of 275 F.2d 180 (Thelma E. Gross v. Alabama Foods, Inc.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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The District Court directed a verdict for the defendant in a personal injury suit. The plaintiff appeals. A bottle of cleaning fluid was broken in an aisle of defendant’s store. A store manager testified that he promptly picked up the glass, sent for a porter to clean the floor, and stood facing the back of the store “to try to keep anybody from slipping”. The plaintiff, a customer, approached the place from the front of the store, slipped in the fluid, fell and was injured. We think the jury should have been allowed to decide whether the manager was or was not negligent in failing to warn the customer of the danger or guard her against it.
Reversed.
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