Burch v. University of Kansas

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, C.J.;

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Pauline Burch, a 67-year-old grandmother, against defendants, the University of Kansas, the Kansas Board of Regents, and the State of Kansas, for personal injuries suffered when she fell in an unlighted stairwell located in Lewis Hall on the University of Kansas campus. The district court sustained defendants’ motion for summary judgment and the plaintiff appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed in a short unpublished memorandum opinion filed January 7, 1988. The Supreme Court granted plaintiffs…