Steward v. City of Anchorage

DIMOND, Justice.

Appellant was injured when he tripped and fell over a stub of a broken sign post protruding from a sidewalk in the City of Anchorage. He brought suit against the City on a claim of negligence and was awarded judgment. On appeal, we reversed the judgment and remanded the case for a new trial because of the trial court’s erroneous view of the law of contributory negligence. 1 A new trial was held. At its conclusion the court found that the City had been negligent in its failure to remove the pipe stub, but that appellant’s claim was barred by his own contributory negligence. On…