Schmidt v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Melanie Schmidt, Dr. George de Reyna’s lessee, instituted this suit against his insurer, the defendant, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, endeavoring to recover $11,000, representing personal injuries and medical expenses incurred as a result of a fall in the premises designated by the municipal number 2703 North Derbigny Street. She insists that her fall resulted from the worn and defective condition of a sill located therein and that she was free from fault when the accident occurred.

The defendant answered and denied that the sill was defective and thus…