Banks Ex Rel. Lacey v. B. F. Saul Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Appellant was injured in an apartment owned by appellee Bangor-Pitts Corporation and managed by appellee B. F. Saul Company when a Venetian blind which she was in the process of raising fell and struck her On the head. Appellant shared the apartment with her sister who leased it from appellees. Suit was brought against appellees on the ground that they were negligent in failing to maintain the blind and its components in a safe condition. Testimony at trial tended to show that one of the blind’s supporting brackets was not properly closed; that the blind had fallen at…
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