Tie Bar, Inc. v. Shartzer

The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court should have directed a verdict in favor of a shopkeeper on the ground that a business invitee injured on the premises was contributorily negligent as a matter of law.

At an early morning hour on the next to the last day in January of 1963, Howard Shartzer, a painter employed by an interior decorating company, was injured by a fall down the basement steps as he and his son were preparing to paint the interior of a tie shop located in the Wheaton Plaza Shopping Center pursuant to arrangements made the previous day with Alvin…