JC Penney Company v. Barrientez

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

'This is an appeal, in one of a category of cases now commonly called “slip and fall” cases. The fall in this case occurred about 7:00 P.M., on October 6th, 1960, when defendant in error (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) while walking down the stairway between the street floor, or “street-level” floor, and the second floor of the department store then operated by the J. C. Penney Company, and managed by Charles Truhitte (hereinafter referred to by surname and/or as defendants) at 303 West Main Street, in Oklahoma City, slipped and fell, incurring bodily injuries.

At the…