Geisel v. Haintl

SEILER, Judge.

The jury found for the defendant in plaintiff’s $17,500 damage suit and she appeals. Her first amended petition charged that in descending a short flight of outside steps at defendant’s residence she lost her balance and fell because of a wobbly handrail which defendant maintained in an insecure condition without warning to plaintiff. Plaintiff submitted her case to the jury by an instruction requiring, among other things, findings that “there was an insecure handrail on the steps of defendant’s porch and as a result the handrail was not reasonably safe for persons walking down…