JOHNSON v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. 5003.

265 A.2d 596 (1970)

Vivian J. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., C. T. Corporation System, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Galt, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William Clague, Washington, D. C., with whom Francis C. O'Brien and Anthony E. Grimaldi, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FICKLING, KERN and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered for defendant Safeway in a "trip and fall" case. Plaintiff-appellant was proceeding along the exit side of the check-out stands on her way into the store area to shop. When she passed behind the last of four checkout stands on her left, she attempted to round the corner into the shopping area and, as she proceeded, tripped and...

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