Prelipp v. Wausau Memorial Hospital

This is a “step and fall” case. There was a step and a fall, and that is all.

The step was at the entry or doorway to the employees’ lavatory in the hospital. There is no allegation that there was any violation of the state building code in the construction of the step. All witnesses agreed that the step was uniform and without defect. There was no evidence of inadequate lighting at the time and place of fall.

The fall was caused by the plaintiff failing to step down when she left the lavatory. Plaintiff told her husband that, as she was leaving the lavatory, she simply walked out into space.…