Murphy v. Fred Wolferman, Inc.

Action for damages for personal injury alleged to have resulted by falling from a stair landing in defendant's store. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $15,000. Motion for a new trial was overruled and defendant appealed.

Defendant operated a retail grocery store, facing east, at 1108 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Near the rear and on the south side of the store, a stairway led from the first to the second floor. The first five steps of the stairway are marble and go south, so to speak, to a marble landing, then turn west and go up to the second floor. The landing…