Gibson v. J. C. Penney Co.

REID, Judge.

Plaintiff, Alice Gibson, brought this suit against J. C. Penney Company, Inc., and its insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, to recover damages for personal injuries and medical expenses sustained when she slipped and fell while descending the stairway leading from the ground floor to the basement floor of the J. C. Penney Company downtown store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 19, 1960, at approximately 11:00 A.M. Plaintiff alleged in her petition that her fall was caused by the negligence in design, construction and maintenance of the stairway, the existence of a faulty…