Goodman v. Memphis Park Commission

TOMLIN, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

Clara Goodman (“plaintiff”) brought suit against the Memphis Park Commission and the City of Memphis (“defendants” or “City”) in the Circuit Court of Shelby County. She sought damages for personal injuries she sustained on falling down an unlighted flight of stairs at a city-operated senior citizens center. Following a bench trial, the court found in favor of plaintiff, awarding her a judgment for $20,000. By its appeal, City has raised a singular issue: whether the trial court erred in failing to find plaintiff guilty of proximate contributory…