Kronen v. Richter

This case comes on appeal from an order of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, granting defendant Vicki Richter, d/b/a, The Hair Bender, summary judgment. We affirm.

On August 31,1976, while visiting her parents in Missoula, the plaintiff Alberta R. Kronen had her hair done at The Hair Bender beauty salon. She had never visited the shop before. The Hair Bender had a linoleum covered floor area for washing, cutting and styling and an elevated carpeted area towards the back of the shop where there were five hair dryers. The carpeted area was one step higher than…