Larson v. Pischell

Facts Of Case

Plaintiffs were patrons of the defendants’ beach-front restaurant and cocktail lounge on Whidbey Island.

It was a dry, sunny Saturday when the plaintiff wife, aged 54, fell and injured herself while on defendants’ property. For convenience, reference herein to the singular “plaintiff” is to Mrs. Larson who sustained the injury. She and her husband had just left the restaurant building and they were heading toward their parked car at the time.

The date was July 10, 1971. It is uncontroverted that plaintiffs were business invitees of the defendants.

The precise place of the fall and…