Cannon v. Clarke

Rosa M. Clarke filed in the court below a motion for judgment against Edmund W. and Roberta W. Cannon to recover damages for injuries received when she fell while on the defendants’ premises. The motion alleged that the plaintiff’s fall and injuries were proximately caused by the negligence of the defendants in that they maintained their premises in a “dangerous and hazardous condition.” In their grounds of defense the defendants denied that they were guilty of any negligence which was a proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries.

There was a trial before a jury which resulted in a verdict of…