Wignes v. Bottger

OPINION OF THE COURT

Howard E. Levitt, J.

Motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendants is granted.

On October 4, 1984, the defendant, Marciana Bottger, ap*491peered at the plaintiff Harold J. Wignes’ home and requested his assistance in retrieving her cat from the roof of a neighbor’s house. The plaintiff declined this request, but he followed the defendant to the neighbor’s house. After arriving there, the plaintiff noticed that the defendant was attempting to lift an aluminum ladder to the side of the house directly under some electrical wires leading into the house. The plaintiff then…