Flanigan v. Madison Plaza Grill, Inc.

Brogan, Chief Justice.

The defendant appeals from a judgment recovered by the plaintiff for personal injuries on the sole ground that the court should have directed a verdict against the plaintiff. Plaintiff, an invitee, entered the defendant’s restaurant between nine and ten o’clock at night. Her two companions took seats in a dining room booth while the plaintiff repaired to the lavatory. A sign in the restaurant read “Rest Rooms and Telephone;” an arrow pointed the way to a corridor which the plaintiff entered. This corridor, about eight feet in length, had a door at the end of it on which…