Zoda v. National City Bank

These are the usual actions by husband and wife for injuries sustained by the latter and for loss of services by the former.

On the 26th day of October, 1936, Concetta Zoda, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, caught her heel in a crack or open space at the head of a flight of stairs, causing her to lose her balance and fall down the stairway. The crack or open space was from one-half to three-quarters of an inch in width, and resulted from the falling away of the molding.

Ordinarily, the defendant could not be charged with liability for this defect, as the hall stairway in question was…