TROUPE v. CHICAGO, D. & G. BAY TRANSIT CO.

No. 255, Docket 23475.

234 F.2d 253 (1956)

Kathleen TROUPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO, DULUTH & GEORGIAN BAY TRANSIT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Eldridge Sampliner, Cleveland, Ohio (Harvey Goldstein, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Lucking, Van Auken & Schumann, Detroit, Mich., Kenefick, Bass, Letchworth, Baldy & Phillips, Buffalo, N. Y. (Allan C. Miller, Detroit, Mich., Robert M. Hitchcock, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before FRANK, LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

On May 14, 1952, defendant's vessel South America, a Great Lakes passenger steamer, was undergoing final fitting-out in preparation for its first sailing of the 1952 season. Plaintiff, a stewardess aboard the vessel, was going about her duties when she slipped on a stairway outside one of her assigned cabins and fell to the deck, breaking her arm and suffering other injuries. The stairway consisted...

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