In Re Estate of Kirby

Plaintiff, an invitee in defendants supermarket in Council Bluffs, was injured in a fall over a wooden drawer, about 10 inches high and 2 feet long, on the floor of an aisle in the rear of a display counter. She brought this law action to recover for alleged negligence in causing her injuries. At the close of plaintiffs evidence the trial court sustained defendants motion for directed verdict on the grounds of insufficient evidence of defendants alleged negligence; plaintiff was [255 Iowa Page 837]