Opinion op the Court by
— -Affirming.
Rollin Kenneth Hagan recovered a judgment for $2,640 against the Standard Oil Company for injuries received while, on the latter’s premises in Louisville. Hagan was еmployed by the Railway Express Agency as a truck driver, and on January 27, 1947, at the request of the Standard Oil Company, he drove onto its premises at Fifth and Bloom Streets in Louisville for the purpose of picking up freight. He stopped at the yard office where he signed certain papers for thе shipment he was about to receive, and he was then directed by one of the Standard Oil Company employees to go to warehouse Nо. 2 to pick up a 350 pound barrel of iron lugs. Hagan drove to warehouse No. 2, and upon his arrival found a Standard Oil Company truck parked at the сurb in the concrete driveway directly in front of the entrance to the warehouse. Between the driveway and the doorway of the warehousе is a concrete pavement which extends entirely across the front of the building and is referred to by appellant as a loading platform and by appellee as a sidewalk. It is 8 feet wide and extends about 8 inches above the driveway. At the entrance to the warehouse there аre double doors, each 3 feet in width, which open outward onto the concrete, pavement. Hagan was unable *769 to park his truck immediately in front of the entrance to the warehouse, and he asked M. A. Clemmons, driver of the Standard Oil truck, how long the latter would he there, and Clemmons responded: “I won’t he here long.” Clemmons had parked his truck in front of the entrance for the purpose of loading certain materials, including pipes or conduit. Hagan walked into the warehouse to check his freight, and; according to him, the pavement in front of the entrance was perfeсtly clear at that time. He remained in the warehouse about five minutes-, and upon being informed that the Standard Oil truck had been moved he started out to move his truck into position to load the barrel of iron lugs. One of the double doors was locked, and in leaving, the warehouse it wa& necessary for Hagan to use the door on his left. He opened this door, took one step, and as he put his foot down hit some pipes which Clemmons had plаced there after Hagan entered the warehouse. Hagan was thrown out into the driveway and fell with his right leg bent under him. His right ankle was fractured, and he reсeived other serious injuries. Jesse A. Ajbel, employed .by . the Standard Oil Company as assistant storehouse-keeper, testified that he walked to the dоor with Hagan and saw him fall. He stated that the pipes were stacked on the pavement or platform near the curb, and that Hagan stepped on them and fell. Hagan denied that Abel was present when the accident happened. Appellant, argues that it was entitled to a peremptory instruction because no negligence on its part was proved, that, appellee was contributorily negligent as a matter of lаw, and that the instructions are erroneous.
It is appellant’s contention that the pipes were on a loading platform which was being used for thе purpose for which it was designed, and that no duty owing to appellee had been violated. The raised pavement along the front of the warehouse was more than a mere loading platform. In order to enter or leave the warehouse it was necessary to cross the plаtform at the point appellee was injured. Clemmons, driver of the Standard Oil truck, knew that appellee had entered the warehouse and would leave in a few minutes through the door'in front of which the pipes were stacked. Hagan was a business invitee', and the appellant, though not an insurer of his safety,' owed to him the duty of exercising ordinary care to see
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that its premises were in a reasonably safe condition so-as not unneсessarily to expose him to danger. Kroger Grocery
&
Baking Company v. Diebold,
According to the evidence for the appellee, the-pavement or platform in front of the entrance was free-from obstructions whеn he entered the warehouse, and the pipes were stacked immediately in front of the door during the short interval he was in the building. Thus a dangerous condition was created, especially for one who-had just entered the building at this point. Appellee had the right to assume that no dangerous obstructions had been placed across the sidewalk which appellant’s employees knew he must use in leaving the warehouse. There was evidence of negligence on the part of appellant, and it cannot be said that appellee, under the circumstances, was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. It follows that the court did not err in submitting the questions of negligence and contributory negligence-to the jury.
The instructions as finally prepared and presented' to the jury follow substantially the form which has been approved in similar cases. After the instructions were-read by thе court to the jury the court concluded that certain words should be added, and before the argument began the phrase ‘to exercise ordinary care” was inserted in line 3 of Instruction No. 1, and the phrase “which caused said premises to be in an unsafe condition, if they were in such condition” wаs inserted in line 12. The instructions were not read to the jury after these interlineations were made, but the instructions with the interlineations were given to the jury when it.
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retired to the jury room. The bill of exceptions shows that the changes were made at the tables of the respective counsel in the presеnce of the jury, and that the trial judge, out of the hearing of the jury, advised counsel for both parties that they could comment on such interlineations if either of them so desired. Counsel for appellant made no objection to the interlineations, and did not move the court to reread the instructions to the jury. It is argued that the corrected instruction, even if proper, did not cure the erroneous instruction which had been read to the jury, and сases from this and other jurisdictions are cited in which the court held that an erroneous instruction followed or accompanied by a correct one is not cured by the latter as the jury is left at liberty to adopt either. One of the Kentucky cases cited is Stover v. Cincinnati, N. & C. R. Co.,
The judgment is affirmed.