Markewych v. Altshules

This is an appeal from a money judgment for personal injuries received by plaintiff in a trip and fall accident, and from an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

In her complaint plaintiff alleges that at about 9 p.m. on August 26, 1964, she was a business invitee and licensee upon the apartment house premises of defendants in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles. It was further set forth that defendants caused the steps and passageway of the premises to become unsafe to persons using the same and as a result of defendants’ negligence, plaintiff, while using the same,…