Foster v. Hartford Buick Co.

The plaintiff had left her car at the defendant’s place of business to have slip covers affixed to the seats. While about to inspect it in the defendant’s yard at the suggestion and in the company of the defendant’s agent, she stepped upon a “creeper,” a frame set on casters used by mechanics to lie upon while working underneath cars, and was thrown to the ground, suffering personal injuries for which she brought this action. There were twelve or fourteen creepers on the defendant’s premises, owned and used by the defendant’s mechanics. The frames were about three feet long and fifteen inches…