Calder v. Anderson

The plaintiff, Shirley Calder, filed a complaint in the First Judicial District Court in Lewis and Clark County in which she alleged that her landlords, Carl and Bonnie Anderson, were negligent. Andersons moved for summary judgment and the District Court granted their motion. We reverse the judgment of the District Court.

The issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it granted summary judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In March 1994 Shirley Calder and her husband rented an apartment from Carl and Bonnie Anderson. A set of steps leads from the entrance of the Calders’ apartment to a…