Curtis v. DeAtley

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

In 1971 the DeAtleys, the defendants in this action, purchased a chandelier and installed it in the dining room of their home. The chandelier, weighing approximately twenty-six pounds, was held to the ceiling by a threaded pipe that screwed into a retaining bracket that was attached to the ceiling. The plaintiff, Mrs. Curtis, a sixty-year-old woman, worked as a live-in cook and housekeeper for the DeAtleys from January 1975 until August 1975. On August 5,1975, she was allegedly injured while cleaning the chandelier. The plaintiff testified that on the day of the…