Douglas v. R. H. White Corp.

In this action, the plaintiff sued to recover for personal injuries sustained by him while riding on an escalator owned or controlled by the defendant corporation, while the plaintiff was on the defendant’s premises as a business invitee. The declaration was in one count alleging that the injuries resulted from the negligence of the defendant. To this, the defendant set up the defenses of general denial, contributory negligence, and assumption *37of risk. After filing of the original pleadings, the plaintiff was required to specify in what respect the defendant was negligent, in response to…