Burke v. O'Neil

HOLT, Justice.

Defendants appeal from the orders denying their motions in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdicts or a new trial.

In early March, 1983, plaintiff Clara Robbins Burke fell and broke her wrist as she neared the curb at 2276 Otto avenue in the city of St. Paul. She and her husband were tenants in an apartment building operated by defendants. Their automobile was parked in front of the apartment. The accident occurred early in the evening. The street is boulevarded, the boulevard being about nine feet wide between the public sidewalk and the curb. Opposite the…