Smith v. Union & New Haven Trust Co.

The plaintiff slipped and fell in the corridor on the fourth floor of the defendant’s office building. In her complaint, she claimed that her fall and injuries resulting therefrom were caused by the negli gence of the defendant (1) in applying oil or wax or some composition to the floor so that it became slippery; (2) in not covering it; (3) in permitting lumps or blotches of wax-like substance to remain thereon; and (4) in failing to inspect. The case was tried to the jury and a verdict returned in favor of the plaintiff, which the defendant moved to set aside. The only error claimed upon…