City of Birmingham v. Wright

This appeal is from the judgment entered on the jury verdict of $20,000 in favor of Bessie Wright, and against the City of Birmingham for negligent maintenance of a sidewalk in violation of Code 1975, § 11-47-190. The incident which gave rise to the suit below was the fact that Mrs. Wright fell, sustaining a broken wrist and other injuries, when she stepped into a lowered area near the corner of 19th Street and 2nd Avenue North, where the sidewalk had been removed to plant trees as a part of the "Birmingham Green" project.

The City assigns as error the following:

1. That the trial court erred…