Wigdorowitz v. Abrahams

Plaintiffs (husband and wife) were tenants, on the floor above the ground floor, in defendant’s apartment house. Plaintiff Fannie Wigdorowitz came down the staircase from her apartment to the ground floor. She descended the stairway safely but in taking a step in the main hallway she slipped and fell, receiving the injuries for which this suit was brought.

The complaint is in negligence. The evidence at trial was that defendant’s janitress had been washing the hall immediately preceding the accident and in so doing had used soapy water. Plaintiff, when she was part way down the staircase, saw…