Ward v. Watson

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

In this personal-injury case, the trial justice granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff alleges that she was visiting a friend in the friend’s second-floor apartment. When plaintiff went to use the bathroom in her friend’s apartment, she fell down the single step leading to the bathroom. It is not alleged that the step was in disrepair.

The defendant is the landlord of the apartment plaintiff was visiting. The plaintiff alleges that defendant failed to warn her of or to correct a hazardous condition, namely the step.

The…