Knisely v. Gasser

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Kurt A. Knisely and his wife (plaintiffs) sued John J. Gasser and Mary Lou Gasser (defendants) for damages which allegedly resulted after plaintiff Kurt A. Knisely fell down an unlighted and “unguarded stairwell” at defendants’ home. Defendants denied the material allegations of the complaint and the parties subsequently filed opposing motions for summary judgment. Depositions were filed and the perti nent evidence revealed the following:

Plaintiffs were socially acquainted with defendants for a number of years before the incident which forms the basis of the case sub…