Weathers v. Estate of Morris

PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant, Arthur Weathers, Jr., suffered a broken arm when he slipped and fell on a rain-wet sidewalk on South Fourth Street in Louisville. His suit against the owners and lessee of the store building in front of which the accident took place resulted in a directed verdict and judgment for the defendants, and he appeals.

Weathers was employed as a waiter at a restaurant on Fourth Street between Market and Main Streets. On November 13, 1961, he had left the restaurant at about 2:00 P.M. and was walking southward along the west sidewalk on Fourth Street between Market and…