Legal Opinion
Ruffin v. Trans-Lux Theatre
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 1959No. 2483PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Acting Judge.
Appellant suffered a fall in a theatre lobby. She sued the theatre and a contractor who had done some work on the lobby floor. At the end of her case the trial court directed verdicts for both defendants.
Our first question is whether there was a prima facie case. Plaintiff fell as she was stepping from the carpéted area of the theatre through a door onto the terrazzo floor of the lobby. Describing the floor, plaintiff on direct examination said, “It was slick or something there”; “it was either icy or glassy”; “it looked like glass and was very shiny and slick.” She also…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1930
- Brown v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Doctors Hospital, Inc. v. BadgleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Bess O'Melveny MacMaugh v. Mrs. David BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Judith Burg v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Rule v. BennettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- S. KANN'S SONS CORPORATION v. HayesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Kincheloe v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Harris v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Taylor v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
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