Stapp v. Grand Union Co.

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff Mrs. Violet Stapp is a food brokerage sales representative. While standing in the warehouse area of appellee-defendant’s store, she was injured when a 12-foot wooden ladder, weighing some 55 to 60 pounds, fell and struck her. Appellant did not see the falling ladder and, according to the testimony of the sole eyewitness, the ladder had been leaning vertically against the wall approximately ten feet behind appellant when it suddenly fell. The ladder, *320which was for use by appellee’s employees to change light bulbs, had been stored in the same position…