ANDERSON v. WOODWARD & LOTHROP

No. 4195.

244 A.2d 918 (1968)

Margot E. ANDERSON, Appellant, v. WOODWARD & LOTHROP, a corporation, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Sacks, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Fred C. Sacks, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Austin F. Canfield, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MYERS, KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM.

When appellant discovered a watery substance on the floor of a stall which she had entered in a ladies' room in appellee's department store, she turned to leave, slipped and fell. She appeals from a directed verdict at the close of her case.

Appellant could not say how long the liquid had been on the floor or how it got there. A witness testified that she had been in the ladies' room for about fifteen or twenty minutes preceding appellant's fall...

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