Anderson v. Woodward & Lothrop

When appellant discovered a watery substance on the floor of a stall which she had entered in a ladies’ room in appellee’s department store, she turned to leave, slipped and fell. She appeals from a directed verdict at the close of her case.

Appellant could not say how long the liquid had been on the floor or how it got there. A witness testified that she had been in the ladies’ room for about fifteen or twenty minutes preceding appellant’s fall and that no employee of the store had come in during that time, although at least one other customer had come in and was there when appellant fell.…