Leveridge v. Lapidus

CARROLL, CHAS., Chief Judge.

The appellant was injured in a fall while working as a waitress in the coffee shop of the Fontainebleau Hotel on January 6, 1955. She sought damages in the circuit court in ’an action against Morris Lapidus (architect), Taylor Construction Company (as the general contractor), Markowitz Brothers, Inc. (plumbers), Bramlett Equipment & Supply Co., Inc. (equipment company), and certain other defendants (engineers) later dismissed.

*208Her case came on for trial before a jury. At the conclusion of the presentation of plaintiff’s evidence, the court granted motions of the…