Bunce v. Grand & Sixth Building, Inc.

The action is to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in falling in the toilet room of a theater, the stalls of which were in line on different levels, four on each. The plaintiff entered on the lower level. The lower stalls were all full, the higher empty. In passing to the empty stalls the plaintiff stumbled over the step up to their level. She had two small grandchildren with her, one close ahead and the other close beside her. The room was well lighted but only with ceiling lights. The step was in an open arch.

The action is grounded on the safe-place statute. The jury found…