Bishop v. F.W. Woolworth Co.

Plaintiff, Nell Bishop, while a customer in a store of defendant corporation in New Orleans, sustained minor physical injuries when a glass bowl or sandwich tray fell from a small metal pedestal to the cold drink or lunch counter on which the pedestal was standing, the bowl or tray breaking and one of the pieces striking and cutting Miss Bishop's breast. She brought this suit against defendant corporation praying for recovery of damages in the sum of $300, and alleging that the bowl fell because of carelessness of a salesgirl, who had just washed it and who, in attempting to place it in its…