Nenninger v. Trustees of the Oran Life Tabernacle Church

CROW, Presiding Judge.

On July 12, 1988, Virginia Nenninger (“plaintiff”) and her husband were tenants of an apartment in a duplex owned by the Trustees of the Oran Life Tabernacle Church (“defendants”). Plaintiff exited through the apartment’s doorway, fell while descending the two outside steps to the ground, and sustained an injury, described infra.

Plaintiff sued defendants. Trial by jury produced a $67,000 verdict for plaintiff. The trial court subsequently granted defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and entered judgment for defendants on the ground that plaintiff…