DeHeer v. Seattle Post-Intelligencer

In this case the plaintiff wife, who will be referred to herein as the plaintiff, a patron of the Home Show conducted by the defendants at the National Guard Armory, Seattle, fell and was injured as she was descending a flight of stairs on her way out of the building. This was one of two flights of stairs which patrons were invited to use and which were the main exits from the display room.

The plaintiff and her companions had observed that the floor and stairs were littered with debris dropped by other patrons, and that a janitor was in the process of sweeping the stairs. The plaintiff’s…