Raulerson v. Bland

Shulman, Judge.

Plaintiffs-husband and wife brought suit for damages sustained when plaintiff-wife fell from a platform in defendant’s clothing store. On interlocutory appeal we affirm the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

Although the evidence was in dispute as to the height of the platform and the width of the descending steps, the uncontradicted evidence showed that plaintiff-wife stepped upon the platform (carpeted in the same color as the main floor) to examine blouses on display; that when she reached the end of the rack she found herself at the edge of the…