Lockamy v. Byrne

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in a premises liability action against the tenants-appellants and in favor of the landlords-appellees. I would reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Mrs. Lockamy slipped on some brick stairs that led down three steps to a garage area in a house that she and her husband had rented from appellees. She broke her hip, and sued the lessors on the theory that they had negligently maintained the premises in that the steps, as the lessors were aware, were damaged and broken. The record before us reveals that both Mrs. Lockamy and the lessors were…