RIVER v. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.

Gen. No. 61-F-2.

31 Ill. App.2d 232 (1961)

175 N.E.2d 593

Velma River, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

June 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Bock, Jr. & John R. Sprague, of Belleville, for appellant.

Wagner, Conner, Ferguson, Bertrand & Baker, of East St. Louis, for appellee.


HOFFMAN, JUSTICE.

The action in this case was brought to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff resulting from a fall in the doorway of defendant's store. The jury awarded plaintiff a verdict of $4,000.00, but the trial judge, upon defendant's post-trial motion, entered judgment notwithstanding for defendant and, in the event of the reversal of such order, awarded defendant a new trial. Plaintiff appeals, asking that her judgment be reinstated.

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