Ellis v. McCaskill

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Sarah Ellis, plaintiff below, appeals from a final summary judgment for the defendants. The defendants were the son and daughter-in-law of the plaintiff, and the insurance carrier which insured them under a homeowner’s policy. We reverse.

Plaintiff’s action was for injuries she sustained when she fell in the home of the defendants on May 4,1977. She alleged the fall occurred because she was negligently distracted or defendants’ home was negligently maintained, causing her not to observe a six to eight inch step-down from the main floor level of the home to the garage floor.

The…