Hull v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

Banke, Judge.

The appellant brought suit against the appellee, which owned the apartment in which she resided, for injuries suffered in a fall on a common stairway in the apartment complex. Summary judgment was granted for the appellee, and the appellant appeals.

During a period of cold weather, ice would often form on the stairway in question due to a defect which was allegedly known by the appellee. The stairway was the sole means of egress from the appellant’s apartment. On the day of the appellant’s fall, she went to work in the morning at a time when no ice was present on the stairs. When…