Legal Opinion
Wright v. Paramount-Richards Theatres, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1952No. 13836PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment for the defendants entered 'by the Court notwithstanding the verdict of the jury for the plaintiff.
'Mrs. Wright was an admission-paid patron of the theatre. She had never been to this theatre before. She was an elderly lady, accompanied by her daughter who held on to her arm and assisted her in walking. After viewing the moving picture, and before leaving the theatre, she and her daughter attempted to enter the women’s rest room on the main floor. The floor of the rest room is approximately six inches lower than the hallway from which a…
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