Carroll v. Sterling Hotel Co.

WATSON, Chief Judge.

This is a motion by the plaintiff to amend his complaint. In his original complaint, plaintiff alleged that on April 23, 1951, he was injured while taking a shower in the Sterling Hotel at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, when the shower suddenly emitted boiling and scalding water causing plaintiff, in an attempt to avoid scalding and to reach a position of safety, to twist and permanently injure his back. Plaintiff averred that the defendant was guilty of carelessness and negligence in the conduct of its business, and in the maintenance of its premises, particularly in the…