SONNENBORN v. GARTRELL

No. 65-287.

179 So.2d 385 (1965)

Joseph SONNENBORN and Alma Sonnenborn, his wife, Appellants, v. Blanche Murray GARTRELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knight, Underwood, Peters & Hoeveler and Theodore Klein, Miami, for appellants.

Donald Wheeler Jones, Miami, for appellee.

Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and SWANN, JJ.


CARROLL, Judge.

The appellants were the employers of the appellee. The latter suffered an injury while working as a domestic in the home of the appellants, when she fell from a kitchen ladder or stool. She brought this action against her employers alleging unsafe conditions of employment through known defect in the stool. The employers denied negligence and pleaded contributory negligence and assumption of risk.

The cause was tried before a jury. It was disclosed...

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