Wood v. Kerr Dry Goods Co.

In this action Mrs. Trix Wood sought to recover damages for personal injuries from defendant, Kerr Dry Goods Company. Verdict and judgment was for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

The facts are these: Defendant conducts a department store in Oklahoma City, occupying several floors of a building. In the basement of the building it operates a lunchroom. Plaintiff was employed in defendant’s millinery department. On December 29, 1939, at about 11 o’clock in the morning, she went to the lunchroom for her lunch, and fell while making her way to a table, sustaining serious injuries. The floor of…