Woodley v. Lancaster

Plaintiff, a nurse, about 45 years old, was a tenant in an apartment building owned by defendants in the city of Highland Park. About noon, February 13, 1940, while walking from the apartment building to the street, she slipped and fell, sustaining a leg fracture and other injuries.

In January, 1941, she began the present suit to recover damages resulting from her injuries, which she alleged were caused by defendants’ negligence in failing to keep and maintain the walk leading from the apartment to the street in good condition of repair and free of snow and ice. Defendants answered, denying…