Powers v. Arbour

This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff who slipped and fell on the staircase of an elderly housing project The *223plaintiff, a visitor to the premises, claims her injuries were caused by the negligence of the defendant, a professional carpet cleaner, who had wet-cleaned the carpets adjacent to this stairway earlier that day. The trial judge found for the plaintiff and denied the defendant"s request for a ruling that the evidence did not warrant a finding for the plaintiff. The defendant has brought an expedited appeal of that ruling pursuant to Dist/Mun.…