Sonnenborn v. Gartrell

CARROLL, Judge.

The appellants were the employers of the appellee. The latter suffered an injury while working as a domestic in the home of the appellants, when she fell from a kitchen ladder or stool. She brought this action against her employers alleging unsafe conditions of employment through known defect in the stool. The employers denied negligence and pleaded contributory negligence and assumption of risk.

The cause was tried before a jury. It was disclosed that the plaintiff’s duties required her use of the stool on occasion; that she reported to her employer that the stool was weak;…