Violet M. Spiker v. John Day Co‪.‬

The crux of this case is whether reasonable men could find that the plaintiff would not have fallen down the defendants stairs except for faulty construction of the handrail. We believe they could and therefore the case should have been submitted to the jury. Sayfie v. Gordon, ante, 182. Taking the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff (Shimkus v. Caesar, ante, 286; Chase v. Company, ante, 483) we find the plaintiff testified in part as follows: