Regelski v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Mary Regelski, the plaintiff, was injured when some children, unknown to her, so violently shoved and pushed a swinging door behind her that she fell as she was entering the store of F. W. Woolworth Co. in Nanticoke. She filed suit in trespass against Woolworth averring that the defendant for a long time prior to December 23, 1964, the day of the mishap, had neg ligently allowed children to congregate at the doors of the store, threatening the safety of customers.

The defendant filed preliminary objections stating that the plaintiff had not set forth a cause of…