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HOWARD v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. 4950.

263 A.2d 656 (1970)

Eleanor Lee HOWARD, Appellant, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 7, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Joseph Keilp, Washington, D. C., with whom Milton M. Burke, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, 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 HOOD, Chief Judge, and KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

In this slip and fall case, the jury found for appellant in the amount of $1,350 but the trial court entered a judgment notwithstanding the verdict for appellee Safeway. A judgment non obstante veredicto is appropriate where "the evidence is so one-sided as to leave no room for doubt * * *." McWilliams v. Shepard, 75 U.S. App.D.C. 334, 335, 127 F.2d 18, 19 (1942...

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