Hynes v. Hutzler Brothers Co.

In November, 1968 Mrs. Adelaide Hynes, the appellant here and plaintiff below, visited the department store of Hutzler Brothers Company (Hutzler) in Baltimore to purchase a pair of galoshes. Upon arriving in the basement shoe department Mrs. Hynes took a number from a ticket machine, sat down and waited for her number to be called. Becoming impatient, she started to walk to a counter where clerks were wrapping shoes to inquire whether her number had been called. To reach her destination she walked down an aisle five feet wide, past the ticket machine and a cash register. As Mrs. Hynes…