Sandvold v. Perrot

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before the court without a jury in an. action to recover damages for personal injuries received while she was seated at the bar of a cocktail lounge owned by defendant Perrot in which defendant Taft was employed as head bartender, defendants appeal.

The evidence being viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff (respondent), the essential facts are these:

February 6, 1942, plaintiff entered defendant Perrot’s cocktail lounge. There was an opening in the bar counter for the purpose of affording the employees ingress and egress to and from the…