Pigg v. Bloom

This is a trip and fall case. Plaintiff Hester Pigg sustained serious injuries-when she tripped and fell on torn carpeting that covered tbe floor of a ballway outside ber apartment. Tbe apartment building was owned by defendants Harry and Beatrice Bloom. Plaintiff commenced suit against defendants, alleging that sbe fell as a result of defendants’ negligence; specifically, it was alleged that defendants failed to repair torn carpeting covering tbe ballway floor outside plaintiff’s apartment in breach of tbeir duty to maintain tbe building’s common areas in a reasonably safe manner.…