Johnson v. Marshall Field & Co.

February 16, 1970, this court granted plaintiffs’ petition to review a decision of the state Court of Appeals, which had affirmed the trial court in this matter. See 1 Wn. App. 655, 463 P.2d 645 (1969).

The record reveals the following situation. In their amended complaint, plaintiffs alleged that the wife, Willa-belle Johnson, while a customer in defendant’s store, was riding on an escalator and was injured through defendant’s negligence. Plaintiffs also claimed that after the escalator was stopped, Mrs. Johnson was not given proper care and attention by defendant’s employees, although she…