WHITE v. E & F CONSTRUCTION CO.


151 Conn. 110 (1963)

GEORGIA WHITE v. THE E AND F CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin E. Friedman, with whom were Albert J. Kleban and, on the brief, Arthur Levy, Jr., for the appellant (plaintiff).

Ivan A. Hirsch, with whom, on the brief, was Edgar W. Krentzman, for the appellee (defendant).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, SHEA and ALCORN, JS.


SHEA, J.

The plaintiff, an invitee, sustained injuries as a result of a fall on a basement stairway. At the close of the evidence, the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff has appealed, assigning as error the denial of her motion to set aside the verdict.

From the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff, the jury could reasonably have found the following facts: In May, 1958, the plaintiff was employed as a domestic by one of the...

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