Doell v. St. Charles Theatre, Inc.

JANVIER, Judge.

Plaintiff, a patron in the moving picture theater of defendant corporation, seeks recovery for personal injuries sustained when she fell down four steps in descending from the elevation, on which the proscenium boxes were located, to the floor of the orchestra, or main portion of the theater. She charges that her fall resulted from negligence on the part of defendant corporation, in that its floor levels were not uniform, and in that there was not sufficient light for her to notice that it was necessary to descend the steps in going from one floor level to the other.

Defendant…