Dire v. Balaban & Katz, Inc.

This is an action brought by Odette M. Dire, the plaintiff, against Balaban and Katz, a corporation, the defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall on a stairway in a theater controlled and operated by the defendant in Chicago, which stairway, it is alleged, the defendant negligently failed properly to construct and to maintain.

The case was tried before the court and a jury. At the close of the plaintiff’s case the court peremptorily directed the jury to find the defendant not guilty. The court entered judgment on the verdict and the plaintiff…