THOMPSON v. SHOE WORLD, INC.

No. 87-1366.

569 A.2d 187 (1990)

Mary THOMPSON, Appellant, v. SHOE WORLD, INC., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic W. Schwartz, Jr., with whom Robert Cadeaux, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

William J. Carter, Washington, D.C., for appellee Shoe World, Inc.

Randell Hunt Norton, Washington, D.C., for appellee KOWA American Corp.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and BELSON and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees KOWA American Corp. (KOWA), an importer of women's shoes, and Shoe World, Inc. (Shoe World), a retailer. The appellant, Mary Thompson, was injured when she fell while alighting from a government shuttle bus.1 Ms. Thompson alleged that her fall was caused, at least partially, by a defective heel on a pair of shoes purchased from Shoe World...

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