Lewis v. HULL HOUSE ASSOC.

This litigation began with a suit by Nikki Lewis against the Hull Plouse Association to recover for personal injuries she sustained in a fall from a ladder in a theater owned by defendant. In an amended complaint, plaintiff sought $125,000 in damages based on defendant’s alleged negligence in maintaining the theater. Defendant’s answer denied plaintiff’s allegations and affirmatively asserted that she was a volunteer theater worker who had regularly used the ladder in question; therefore, she should have known of its defective condition. Then, as an affirmative defense, defendant alleged that…