Bigalk v. Bigalk

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Gertrude Bigalk, appeals from an adverse judgment in her personal injury litigation against defendant, Donald Bigalk, to whom she is distantly related by marriage. Plaintiff claims to have been injured by falling into an unguarded stairwell on property owned by defendant and rented to plaintiffs friend, Anna Chance. Following a jury trial, defendant was found not to be at fault, and plaintiffs petition was dismissed.

In arguing to the court of appeals and to this court, plaintiff contends that the district court committed reversible error in the trial of her claim…