Caruso v. Lebowich

In this action of tort the plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries sustained by her while descending a flight of iron stairs, leading from the third to the second floor of premises owned by the defendant. The plaintiff was visiting her niece, who lived on the third floor. Other tenants occupied other parts of the apartment, with hallways and stairways which were used in common. The plaintiff’s injuries were the result of her falling upon some banana peels, which were black in color, old and dirty and had been upon the steps of the stairs referred to for three or four days. The…