Caro v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

The plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries received on November 6, 1954, by falling in the vestibule of the defendant’s store in Somerville. There was evidence that she had made a purchase and was leaving the store between 11 and 11:30 a.m. She passed through two swinging doors, the upper parts of which were of glass, and took one or two steps forward in the vestibule when she felt herself slip on “something very sticky.” She stepped down on the sidewalk, “couldn’t balance herself and fell.” The only person, other than the plaintiff, to describe the circumstances of the fall was her…