Meyers Sons v. Falk
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tie Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered February 13, 1900, in an action of tress-pass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants. Judgment for $1,750.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been received by the plaintiff when stepping out of an elevator in the store of the defendants, where she was employed as a saleswoman.
It appears that the plaintiff had been in one of the upper stories of the establishment, and, after making a sale, was returning with the customer, on the elevator, to the lower floor; that when she attempted to leave the elevator she made a false step, in consequence of the elevator being six or eight inches above the level of the floor, and injured her knee, resulting in the loss of her…
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