Carden v. Hunt

The plaintiff, Amelia Carden, appeals from a directed verdict for defendant and judgment thereon, entered in the circuit court of Cook County.

The issue on appeal is whether the trial judge properly directed a verdict in favor of the defendant based on the following facts.

This is a personal injury action brought by a tenant against her landlord. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was going down the basement staffs of her apartment building. She was a new tenant but had been down the staffs previously. The staffs led from the central lobby of the building down to a landing. Reyond the…