Symes v. Teagle

— Francis and Ruth Symes traveled from Canada to Seattle in September, 1962, to see the World’s Fair. They never made it because, the evening before their first intended visit, Ruth Symes fell and broke her hip in defendants’ restaurant.

Defendants own and operate Les Teagle’s Prime Rib Restaurant on North Aurora, overlooking Lake Union. Its east wall, running north and south, composed mainly of large windows, affords patrons a view of the lake from tables spaced along it. An aisleway separates the row of window tables from an inner row. The accident, depicted in disputed and conflicting…