Goldstein v. United Amusement Corp.

The plaintiff was injured by faffing down the stairway leading to the defendants’ bowling alleys in Manchester. She had attended a motion-picture theater earlier in the evening and had gone to the alleys at the conclusion of the performance to meet her husband.

The stairway, which was made of marble, had a pitch of 36 degrees and was 61 inches wide. There were inequalities in the risers and in the width of the treads. The second riser from the top was one and three-eighths inches higher than the first riser, and the tread was about ten inches wide. One of the defendants’ experts stated that…