Eyerly v. Baker

Margaret M. Baker, the appellee, in attempting to leave Eyerly’s Department Store in Hagerstown, Maryland, as she was entering a revolving door, was struck by one of the fins or wings of the door which had been put in motion by a person entering the store, and injured. She demanded of the appellant compensation for her injuries on the ground that they had been occasioned by his negligence, and the demand having been refused, she brought this action to recover for them. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in her favor, and from that judgment the defendant appealed.

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