McPherson v. Grant Advertising, Inc.

Plaintiff is a statistician. During one evening she did some work for appellant Grant Advertising, Inc. (hereafter called Grant), at its offices in the Empire State Building. Grant had contracted with appellants Barry and *580Ruckell, doing business as Barrue Floor Finishing Go. (hereafter called Barrue), to clean and wax the floors. After finishing her statistical work at a little later than ten o’clock, she had a brief conversation in the office manager’s office, and then entered the cloakroom, at a short distance, to get her gloves and hat before departing. She slipped and fell on the floor of…