CLARK, Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals from a judgment awarding damages in an action within the diversity of citizenship jurisdiction of the court below for injuries sustained by plaintiff due to a fall on the cellar steps of a restaurant owned by defendant and leased by it to plaintiff's employer. The injury occurred when plaintiff slipped on the wet stairway, which was not provided with a handrail.
The trial judge instructed the jury that in order to return...
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