SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY v. SHEPPARD

No. 66-321.

194 So.2d 62 (1967)

SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, a New York Corporation, Appellant, v. Romelda SHEPPARD and Arthur Sheppard, Her Husband, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean, Adams, George & Wood, Jeanne Heyward, Miami, for appellant.

Carey, Dwyer, Austin, Cole & Stephens and Edward A. Perse, Miami, for appellees.

Before HENDRY, C.J., SWANN, J., and KANNER, A.O., Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Sears appeals from an adverse final judgment, after a jury trial, in a slip and fall suit by a business invitee.

Appellants claim that the appellees failed to prove a prima facie case of negligence sufficient to go to the jury and that the trial judge should have granted their motions for directed verdict, for new trial, or for judgment non obstante veredicto.

The record on appeal indicates that there was conflicting evidence concerning...

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