Ducey v. Springfield Co-Operative Bank

The defendant, as the trial judge found, contracted that the corridor floors of its business building in Springfield be washed by an independent contractor “after the ordinary business hours . . . understood by the parties to be not before 5:30 p.m.,” but agreed with tenants that they might keep evening office hours. The defendant knew that cleaning was usually done between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The plaintiff’s injuries resulted from falling on the second floor corridor, then wet from mopping, on February 1,1954, about 7:30 p.m. as she was about to call at her attorney’s office. The trial…