Hall v. Lawton

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment for the defendants in a personal injury action.

Respondents Lawton and Anderson, a partnership, operated a tavern leased from respondent Hayden. November 7, 1947, appellant, a business invitee, returning from the men’s room, stumbled on a defective step into the tavern, and fell on his left elbow. The fall did not injure him. While he was on the floor, someone roughly grabbed him, angrily saying: “What’s going on here?” This person did not appear to be assisting appellant to his feet, but seemed only to shake him violently and repeatedly. Appellant asked…