Smith v. Johnson

The forefinger of the plaintiff’s left hand was crushed by a swinging door at the entrance to the retail dry goods store of the defendants in Boston. This was the centre one of three single doors between the vestibule and the store; was made of plate glass with a border of wood at the top, bottom and sides, and was about seven feet high, two and a half feet wide and three inches thick. The hinges were of a type that permitted it to be pushed open in either direction.

As the plaintiff was about to go from the vestibule into the store another person passed ahead of her and pushed the door open.…