Legal Opinion
Banks v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1988No. 86-1129PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
After spending the evening visiting with a friend and other guests, appellant Banks fell and was injured while descending a common stairway in an apartment house owned by appellee District of Columbia. The stairway was unlighted and lacking in secure handrails in violation of District of Columbia Housing Regulations. 56 DCRR §§ 2409, 2508 (1979), 14 DCMR §§ 505.1, 708.3, 708.11 (1986). A jury by special verdict found the District to have been negligent, but denied recovery on the ground of Banks’ contributory negligence.
On appeal, Banks makes two principal arguments.…
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