Handel v. Rudnick

78 So.2d 709 (1955)

Daniel HANDEL, trading and doing business as the London Arms Hotel, Appellant,

v.

Jennie Y. RUDNICK, a widow, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

February 4, 1955.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1955.

Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Miami, for appellant.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, J.B. Spence and Sam Daniels, Miami, for appellee.

TERRELL, Justice.

Appellee, a paying guest at appellant's hotel in Miami Beach, while descending the stairs from the first floor to the lobby, caught her heel on a button protruding from one of the steps and catapulted to the…