BURRISS v. LOUISVILLE BASEBALL CLUB


317 S.W.2d 855 (1958)

Dorothy F. BURRISS, Appellant, v. LOUISVILLE BASEBALL CLUB, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hargadon, Hargadon & Bennett, Louisville, for appellant.

R. P. Hobson, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, and John P. Sandidge, Louisville, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellant, Dorothy F. Burriss, sustained personal injuries when she fell while descending a stairway at the ball park of the appellee, Louisville Baseball Club. The fall was caused by appellant stepping upon a paraffin cup which had been discarded upon the step by another baseball fan. She instituted this action for damages alleging that appellee was negligent in creating the hazardous condition by allowing paraffin cups to remain on the stairway...

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