Stanfield ex rel. Stanfield v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This was an action for damages for personal injuries resulting from food poisoning. Plaintiff recovered judgment for $2,900. Defendant has appealed.

The pertinent facts may be stated as follows: Plaintiff, a girl twenty years of age, was in the employ of defendant as a saleswoman in its retail store at Wichita. Among other departments of business conducted by defendant at its store was a restaurant or lunch counter. About 4:30 o’clock the afternoon of July 3, 1934, plaintiff went to defendant’s lunch counter and ordered and paid for a…