Court Opinion

ID: 9761725
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:52:06.340237+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:25.717786
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*498Dissenting Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Bell:
On August 23, 1964, at approximately 11:00 A.M., plaintiff went to defendant’s store to purchase meat. For a long time she had been going there, twice a month to purchase meat. The steps on which she fell the day of the accident were the same steps which she used and had been using for many months to enter and leave the store. Moreover, (1) the sawdust was on the inside floor, as well as on the steps; and (2) plaintiff had seen the sawdust on the steps when she went into the store that morning and when she came out and fell. Indeed, plaintiff had known of the sawdust condition of this store and its steps for a long time, and if this sawdust created a dangerous condition, plaintiff knew it and assumed whatever risk there was of falling.
Furthermore, plaintiff admitted that because of the size of the package of meats she was carrying she could not even clearly see the steps and she had to “squeeze” her head to see the steps beyond her package. Not only did she assume the risk of danger, but she was also clearly guilty of negligence, which should bar her recovery.
For the above reasons, I would affirm the Judgment of the lower Court.