Brown v. Bonnin

This is an action to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff when she fell while descending defendant’s stairs. The case was tried before a jury in Superior Court (Pappagianis, J.) for three days in September, 1988. The jury returned a verdict for *489defendant, and the plaintiff appeals. She objects to the following two evidentiary rulings made by the trial court. First, the jury was instructed not to consider evidence regarding the dimensions or measurements of the risers, treads, nosings, and handrail of defendant’s stairs in reaching a verdict. Second, plaintiff’s expert witness was not…