Van Wert v. Green-Pepper

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Connor, J.), entered March 18, 1988 in Ulster County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff.

Plaintiff lived in a house owned by defendant in the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County. On May 17, 1984 plaintiff, who was returning from work in the dark, parked her car and proceeded to walk across a bridge that spanned a stream and *840required crossing in order to reach the house. Some planks were missing from the bridge and plaintiff fell approximately nine feet into the water below. Plaintiff claims that she lost consciousness, came to in chest-high…