Wilkins v. G. Fox Co., Inc.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages due to a fall as she was leaving a moving escalator running from the main floor to the basement of the defendant’s store. As each step of the escalator reached the floor of the basement, indentations in it meshed with stationary prongs affixed to the floor. The plaintiff claimed that as she stepped off the escalator with her right foot the heel of her left shoe was caught in the mesh between the prongs, causing her to fall. The sole question upon this appeal taken by her from a judgment for the defendant is as to the exclusion of a question…