Donovan v. Philadelphia Parking Authority

Piekarski, J.,

Plaintiff, a business invitee on defendant’s premises, brought her action in trespass to recover damages for injury to her toes which were cut when she opened a door on the premises.

She testified that “the door was quite heavy, and it was sort of stuck. I had placed my hand on the handle, but it did not open. I applied a little more pressure, and it swung back. And as it did, it cut over two toes. The door was sharp.”

Between the bottom of the door and the floor there was a space of approximately a half inch.

Thereafter, though her foot pained her, she drove her automobile, which…