Burke v. Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Inc.

JACOBSON, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Lawrence J. Burke and Marie Burke, his wife, brought an action in negligence against defendant-appellee Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Inc., to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Burke when she fell on a stairway in the defendant-hotel. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment was granted and this appeal followed.

Mrs. Burke, aged 70, while a guest at the defendant-hotel, and while walking up the stairs from the hotel lobby to the raised dining room, fell and was injured. It is plaintiffs’ contention that Mrs. Burke’s fall resulted from the…