Petrie v. Kaufmann & Baer Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

This action of trespass is for personal injuries plaintiff suffered by a fall on an escalator while, as a patron in defendant’s store, she was being conveyed from one floor to another. This appeal by defendant is from judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff and the record presents no reversible error. Defendant has a large department store on Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, occupying several floors of the building and, among other conveniences for its patrons and employees, has escalators, in the nature of moving stairways, on which people stand and are…