Central Theatres, Inc. v. Wilkinson

One night the appellees purchased tickets for admission to the Ritz Theater in Fort Myers and took their seats while a motion picture was in progress. They sat nearer the screen than the rear of the theater or, as one of them related, "about two-thirds way down as we came into the theatre . . . fairly close to the exit sign" and "a little forward" of the door. While they were intent upon the picture something suddenly struck the appellee Henriette Wilkinson in the eye causing such severe pain that she screamed and had to be assisted to the lobby by her husband and another patron. When they…