Honorl v. J. L. Hudson Co.

*626Fitzgerald, P. J.

On December 8, 1959, plaintiff, a month short of her 67th birthday, was attempting to get from the first floor to the basement in defendant’s store. The store was crowded with Christmas shoppers, and, as plaintiff approached the stairway, she observed a number of people standing in the area near the top of the stairs and blocking the right side of the approach to the stairway. In order to avoid the people, plaintiff started down the stairs on the left side of the stairway and then attempted to cross over to the right side. As she was reaching for the handrail on the right…