GARCIA v. BARBER'S SUPER MARKETS, INC.

No. 377.

463 P.2d 516 (1969)

81 N.M. 92

Barbara GARCIA and James P. Garcia, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BARBER'S SUPER MARKETS, INC., A Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis R. Sutin, Sutin, Thayer & Browne, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Arturo G. Ortega, William E. Snead, Albuquerque, for appellees.


OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Barbara Garcia suffered injuries when she slipped and fell on waterslick tile in defendant's store. Defendant had arranged an "Ice Cold Watermelons" tank display. When a customer would take a watermelon from the tank, water would drip on the floor. Barbara took one of the watermelons and placed it in her shopping basket. She then turned and started to walk toward a paper towel rack attached to an upright strut near the...

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