Schranz v. Halley

This case has been tried twice to a jury. After the first trial, we reversed a verdict in favor of defendant because of an error in a jury instruction. Schranz v. Halley (1983), 114 Ill. App. 3d 159, 448 N.E.2d 601.

Although the facts are well summarized in our first opinion, they are uncomplicated and are here restated for convenience and clarity. Suffice it to say that Kimberly Schranz, a seven-year-old girl, was leaning against a second-story exterior stair railing of a next-door apartment. The stair railing gave way and she fell to the ground. She was injured. She sued the building’s owner.