Hemmen v. Clark's Restaurant Enterprises

Lawless, J. †

On January 31, 1963, Mrs. Grace Hemmen (hereinafter called the plaintiff), attended a banquet held in a private banquet room at the Windjammer Restaurant in Seattle, operated by Shilshole Restaurants, Inc., doing business as Clark’s Restaurant Enterprises (hereinafter called the defendant). During the course of the evening plaintiff tripped and fell when she attempted to leave her place at the banquet table. Subsequently, she brought this action to recover for personal injuries sustained in the fall. In her complaint she alleged as follows:

That said accident was proximately…