Di Noto v. Gilchrist Co.

The defendant has alleged an exception to the refusal of the judge to direct a verdict in an action of tort brought by the plaintiff to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained when she fell on a stairway as she was leaving the defendant’s store.

There was evidence that the plaintiff, a business visitor of the defendant, while ascending a stairway toward the street, slipped and fell forward when she reached the second step from the top; that this step was wet and worn out; that the edge of the step was an inch worn out at least; áñcTthat the step was wet on account of water or…