Bristol v. Ernst

The plaintiff and a friend were guests at the defendants’ summer hotel. For the use of their guests the defendants maintained a swimming pool a short distance from the hotel. While wadmg into the pool to which the plaintiff was conducted soon after arrival, she sustained a severe cut on one foot, caused by a piece of glass at the bottom of the pool.

The principal issue at the trial concerned the character of the supervision exercised by the defendants over the pool and the adjacent areas. It is sufficient to say that the evidence on that issue was conflicting and that the jury could have found…