Bass v. Cummings

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered for defendant below, Russell Cummings, son-in-law of plaintiff-appellant, Vera Bass, in a suit by the mother-in-law for personal injuries resulting from a fall when a throw rug on a landing three steps above the basement floor in the Cummings’ home slipped under her footing as she was proceeding down the stairs into the basement. If we understand the record, the stairsteps proceed vertically down the stairwell to a landing, followed by a left turn, then three more steps to the basement floor. When the throw rug slipped under…