Lulay v. South Side Trust & Savings Bank

This was an action brought by Mary Lulay for injuries sustained by her when she fell through a step on an exterior stairway that gave way as she was descending from the second floor apartment where her family lived, to her car, parked on the ground level. Defendant bank, the landlord, rented the premises to plaintiff’s father with a lessor’s agreement to make exterior repairs. The case was tried before a jury and a verdict was returned in favor of plaintiff in the amount of Nineteen Thousand Dollars. This appeal is from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The building rented included a first…