CONNOLLY v. SEBECO, INC.


89 So.2d 482 (1956)

James J. CONNOLLY, Appellant, v. SEBECO, INC., a New York corporation, C. Thomas Shinn, Jr., d/b/a Shinn Construction Co., and Tropicana Motel, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.

September 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell C. Gay and Matthew M. Slepin, Miami, for appellant.

Wicker & Smith, Miami, for Sebeco, Inc., and Tropicana Motel, Inc.

Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Miami, for C. Thomas Shinn, Jr., d/b/a Shinn Const. Co., appellees.


TAYLOR, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff below, a motel guest, in going from his room to the nearby beach used a flight of stairs the lowest of which was some thirty or forty inches from the beach. The condition of the stairs was the result of construction work in connection with certain changes being made in the premises. Plaintiff negotiated the stairs safely in going to the beach, but in returning to his room he attempted to amount the stairs, his foot slipped and...

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