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SAFEWAY STORES v. LEAKE

No. 2205.

147 A.2d 439 (1959)

SAFEWAY STORES, Incorporated, Appellant, v. Evelyn LEAKE, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Clague, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo N. McGuire, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph D. Bulman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

ROVER, Chief Judge.

A jury awarded plaintiff damages for personal injuries caused by the fall of some canned goods in defendant's market. Bringing this appeal, defendant assigns as error the denial of its motion for directed verdict and its motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or new trial.

Plaintiff's evidence established that she went to defendant's self-service store one morning for the purpose of buying groceries. After selecting...

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