Bromberg v. Gekoski

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The wife plaintiff, a pedestrian, fell and was seriously injured when she stepped into a hole 1 located on a small strip of land running between the public sidewalk and the curbstone of the cartway. This action for damages followed and resulted in a jury verdict for the defendants. A motion for a new trial was denied. Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment entered upon the verdict.

In charging the jury as to the duty of care required of a possessor of land in maintaining the sidewalks in front of his property, which are open for use by the traveling public, the trial…