Belle Heit v. Sha-Wan-Ga Lodge, Inc.

On the day of the accident which gave rise to this litigation, plaintiff arrived with her cousin for a vacation at the ShaWan-Ga Lodge, a resort hotel operated by the defendant-appellant in the ShaWan-Gunk Mountains of New York State. Access to their room was by a stairway to a landing, from which there was a step-up of about four inches to a covered porch from which the room opened. This step was not marked in any way, and both the landing and the porch were painted the same shade of gray. The porch had a white rail, or balustrade, which extended around and included the landing with no…