Gelber v. Sheraton-Hawaii Corporation

-OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MIZÜHA, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered after a jury verdict against plaintiff, who claimed in an action for damages that defendant’s steps had been maintained in a negligent fashion in disregard of the duty owed to her as a patron of the hotel. According to plaintiff, she tripped and fell when she was descending the steps at the main entrance of defendant’s hotel. The evidence is not conclusive as to the exact step on which she tripped, or as to what caused her to trip and fall. Both plaintiff and her husband testified that after the fall, they noticed…