Vallejo v. Eldridge

PLANK, Judge.

In this negligence action, defendant, Earnest Eldridge, appeals the judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding damages to plaintiff, Cecelia Vallejo. We affirm.

Plaintiff, a tenant in an apartment owned by the defendant, slipped and fell on the defendant’s property. She initiated this action, alleging the area where she fell was dangerous and the defendant knew it to be dangerous, yet he continued to maintain the property in a negligent manner.

The defendant generally denied every allegation contained in the plaintiff’s complaint, and alleged that his negligence, if any, was…