Ford v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff when he fell into an unguarded stairwell located on the exterior of the state armory in Meriden. The com*534plaint alleged that the plaintiff, at the time of his fall, was a paying guest of the defendant, which had leased the armory from the state for the purpose, later found as a fact by the court, of holding its annual dance. In the complaint, the plaintiff lists five specifications of negligence on the part of the defendant which may be summarized as follows: (a) failure to give warning of the stairwell; (b)…