Wright v. Tudor City Twelfth Unit, Inc.

The plaintiff, while proceeding lawfully along the sidewalk, slipped upon a rubber mat lying on the sidewalk and fell, brealdng his right arm. The rubber mat, with other mats and runners, was being cleaned with soap and water on Forty-second street in New York city, in front of the premises owned by the defendant Tudor City Twelfth Unit, Inc., and operated and managed by the defendant Fred C. French Management Co., Inc. These mats and runners were used in the lobby of the defendant’s hotel. The defendant set up as a defense to this action that those who were cleaning the mats were employees…