HOWARD v. JOHNOFF RESTAURANT COMPANY

No. 46131.

312 S.W.2d 55 (1958)

Henrietta HOWARD, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. JOHNOFF RESTAURANT COMPANY, Incorporated, a Corporation, Respondent (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

April 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glennon T. Moran, Moran & Mason, St. Louis, Robert E. Morley, St. Louis, of counsel, for appellant.

Schwartz & James, Harry M. James, St. Louis, Joseph Nessenfeld, St. Louis, of counsel, for respondent.


VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

Plaintiff sought recovery of $45,000 damages for personal injuries sustained when she fell on the dance-floor area of the artificially lighted main dining room of defendant's restaurant situate on Kingshighway in St. Louis. Plaintiff had alleged that the dining room was dimly lighted, and that the floor thereof was highly waxed and polished, unusually slippery, and not reasonably safe. Plaintiff's case was submitted to the jury on defendant...

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