Lynch v. Sign of the Beefeater, Inc.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of defendant upon a jury verdict of no cause of action.

Plaintiff, an elderly woman, was walking across defendant’s parking lot on February 22, 1973, when she slipped and injured her right hip. She underwent surgery and the head of the femur was replaced with an Austin-Moore prosthesis. After recovering, she returned to work as a sales person. On January 13, 1975, her foot was caught under a swinging door. In attempting to extricate it she allegedly aggravated her hip injury and was unable to continue working.

Plaintiff brought suit claiming…