CRUMP v. MONTGOMERY WARD CO., INC

NEGLIGENCE, § 21 — liability of store to customer for negligent injury. While a party operating a business to which the public is invited is not an insurer of the safety of patrons, nevertheless it is his duty to use reasonable care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition so that invitees will not be injured by reason of any unsafe condition, and a storeowner was accordingly liable for injuries to a customer sustained by reason of the sudden closing of one of the entrance doors whereby she was struck in the back by a horizontal metal bar on the door.

Opinion by JUSTICE DOVE.

"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed January 27, 1942.