LEXINGTON MARKET AUTH. v. ZAPPALA

[No. 177, September Term, 1963.]

233 Md. 444 (1964)

197 A.2d 147

LEXINGTON MARKET AUTHORITY v. ZAPPALA ET VIR

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Smith, with whom were Paul E. Burke, Jr., and Smith, Somerville & Case on the brief, for the appellant.

Submitted on brief by Stafford H. Plimack for the appellees.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, MARBURY and SYBERT, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict after the trial court denied a motion for judgment N.O.V. The plaintiff sustained injuries from slipping on a spot of oil or grease in a self-service parking garage. The plaintiff was a business invitee, to whom the proprietor owed a duty to exercise ordinary care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition. Nalee, Inc. v. Jacobs,

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