Robinson v. Fossett

Plaintiff, age sixty-five, weighing two hundred fifty pounds, with a fifty pound block of ice on his shoulder, while ascending the front porch steps to a cottage at 308 Douglas Street, Shreveport, Louisiana, owned by the defendant, was injured when the steps, as a whole, dropped to the ground. Plaintiff lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground, his left knee striking it violently. He, without assistance, arose to his feet, conversed with persons at the scene and, with some assistance, climbed into his one-horse delivery wagon nearby and drove home. He alleged that as the result of the…