Victor Hotel Owners, Inc. v. Sperling

The appellee-wife was a guest in appellant’s hotel. While traversing the lobby of the hotel, she allegedly tripped, fell and sustained injuries. The injuries, she alleged, were occasioned by appellant’s negligent installation and maintenance of a rug or carpeting covering the floor in the lobby. The appellant denied the material allegations of negligence and affirmatively charged the appellee-wife with contributory negligence as the proximate cause of her injury. Upon the issues made by the pleadings, the cause was tried to a jury resulting in a verdict favorable to the appellee-wife.…