Pritchard v. Canal Street Hotel Co.

McBride, judge.

Plaintiff sustained physical injuries about 7:30 on the morning of January 14, 1955, as a result of slipping and falling in the bathtub in which he was taking a shower in Room 404 of the Jung Hotel, which is owned and operated by defendant Canal Street Hotel Company, Inc., at which hotel plaintiff was a registered guest at the time. He sued the operator of the hotel and its liability insurer for $29,000.56 in damages, alleging that while he was in the process of taking his shower bath in tepid water, the water emitting from the shower pipe suddenly and unexpectedly became…