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VIRGINIA WINN-DIXIE, INC., etc., Appellant.
Danville, Va., on brief), for appellee.
Before BOREMAN, J. SPENCER BELL and WINTER, Circuit Judges.
actionable negligence and, even assuming negligence on the part of WinnDixie, plaintiff is barred from recovery because of his contributory negligence.
back. An ambulance was called and he was removed on a stretcher.
statements and who made them is conflicting.
radish and said "this is what he slipped on."
Defendant's evidence is to the contrary. Both the assistant manager, Mr.
of operating a supermarket, owed to plaintiff as an invitee.
should have known of its presence and failed in his duty to remove it. Shiflett v.
M. Timberlake, Inc., 205 Va. 406, 137 S.E.2d 908 (1964); Colonial Stores, Inc.
Co. v. Rosenberger, 203 Va. 378, 124 S.E.2d 26 (1962); Safeway Stores, Inc. v.
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Tolson, supra.
should have known of the presence of a radish or other hazard in the aisle.
defendant's employee, Rowe, eight to ten feet from the spot where plaintiff fell.
had swept the floor twenty-five or thirty minutes before the accident occurred.
portion of the floor of the aisle.
they should, in the exercise of reasonable care, have had such knowledge."
permitted jury speculation as to the cause of the accident.
Mart, Inc. v. Webb, supra, 137 S.E.2d at 890.
enter final judgment for the defendant.
L.Ed. 15 (1943); St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co., 303 U.S.
was the additional claim of damages for present and future pain and suffering.
condition of the dockets of both the District Courts and the Courts of Appeals.

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