Schumaker v. King

McMULLEN, NEIL C., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant in Court below from a Judgment awarded plaintiffs as a result of personal injuries. The plaintiff Eleanor May King was one of two employees of the defendant Julia Schumaker in defendant’s tavern located in Manatee County, Florida.

On March 17, 1959, plaintiff Eleanor May King, acting in the course of her employment, was proceeding to the rear of the tavern to close a door which had been left open by a customer as he entered the tavern. In order to reach the rear door it was necessary for Mrs. King to traverse a ramp connecting…