LEHMAN v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY

No. 2026.

136 A.2d 397 (1957)

Vivien LEHMAN and David Lehman, Appellants, v. The GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Cefaratti, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom W. E. Cumberland, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Allan C. Swingle, Washington, D. C., for appellee. William T. Clague, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, HOOD, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Mrs. Lehman and her husband appeal from an adverse judgment in an action by them for damages resulting from injuries sustained by her from a fall in one of appellee's stores. According to her testimony and the findings of the trial court, she entered the store to purchase a quart of milk and some other articles, and after obtaining the milk at the dairy counter she turned, took two or three steps and then fell over an empty wire milk crate....

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