Smulczeski v. City Center of Music & Drama, Inc.

Plaintiff was injured when she fell on a stairway in defendant’s theatre. She had attended a matinee performance and was on her way out of the theatre at the time of the accident. There was testimony that when plaintiff and her companions reached the lower landing of the stairway the overhead ceiling light was out. There was a wall light having a lighted 60-watt bulb and two decorative wall brackets, with six lighted 25-watt bulbs in each. The plaintiff testified, however, that the state of the lighting was such that it caused shadows to fall upon the steps, and that when she reached the…