Warner v. Hansen

Thompson, J.-

The plaintiff, a woman 46 years of age, in good health and with good eyesight, entered defendant’s store in Burlington on December 29, 1956, for the purpose of buying a toy. She had been for 11 years an instructor in Western Illinois University at Macomb, Illinois. She had never been in this store before. At the time she was wearing shoes with medium height heels and a rather broad base. It was stipulated that she was at all material times an invitee in the store.

Plaintiff suffered a fall shortly after entering the store, through failure to see a step-off from a landing at the…