Gunlock v. New Frontier Hotel Corp.

OPINION

By the Court,

McNamee, J.:

This is an action for personal injury resulting from a fall in a hotel lobby.

While the appellants were paying guests at the New Frontier Hotel, they entered the front door of the dimly lit lobby of the hotel about 10:00 p. m. and walked through the lobby some 30 feet to where an artist was seated painting a picture. Nearby and in front of a large plate-glass window was a planter about two feet wide, extending 30 feet from the front door to where the artist was painting. The planter was in a box, the border of which arose three or four inches above the level of…