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RUML v. GIANT FOOD, INC.

No. 6215.

290 A.2d 571 (1972)

Marion D. RUML, Appellant, v. GIANT FOOD, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert F. Beasley and J. Joseph Barse, Washington, D. C., on brief for appellant.

Gerald W. Farquhar and James F. Bromley, Washington, D. C., on brief for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appealed is a judgment for the defendant based on a directed verdict granted after presentation of all evidence by the plaintiff. That evidence revealed that she was cut by flying glass when a single bottle fell near a stacked display of soft drink bottle cartons. In ruling on the motion, the trial court accurately related the relevant evidence describing the event:

". . . [T]he plaintiff was standing in line awaiting to reach the...

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