Cramer v. Van Parys

A landlord appeals from a judgment in favor of his tenant injured when she fell on a snow-covered stairway leading from her rented apartment.

The tenant testified .that on the morning of December 16, 1967, she was descending the stairs with two bags in her arms when she slipped, caught her balance, slipped again, fell and was injured. She said also that she grabbed for the handrail during the second slip, but “it wasn’t there anymore.”

Error is assigned to the giving of an instruction setting forth the provisions of the Snohomish County Building Code concerning stairway railings. The jury was…