Farley v. Portland Gas & Coke Co.

In her complaint the plaintiff alleges that she went to the office and showroom of the defendant, a corporation, in Portland, Oregon, to pay her gas bill, and after so doing, she proceeded toward an exhibit of new equipment just to the west of the Salmon Street entrance to said building, “when she tripped over and fell upon a low platform upon which said equipment was resting.” She alleges that the defendant was negligent in placing a low platform on the floor, thereby causing a hazardous condition to exist, and in failing to warn the plaintiff of said hazardous condition and in failing to…