CHARLESTON v. MEIJER, INC

Docket No. 60387.

124 Mich. App. 416 (1983)

335 N.W.2d 55

CHARLESTON v. MEIJER, INC

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Garlington, for plaintiff.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Jeffery H. Beusse), for defendant.

Before: MacKENZIE, P.J., and R.M. MAHER and C.W. SIMON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, Alice Charleston, brought this action for damages occasioned by her fall in a supermarket owned by defendant, Meijer, Inc. The jury returned a verdict of $15,000 in favor of plaintiff but also found her 50% comparatively negligent. Accordingly, plaintiff's recovery was reduced by 50%. Plaintiff appeals as of right, claiming that the trial court erred in allowing the issue of comparative negligence to go to the jury.

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