Levendoski v. Geisenhaver

Plaintiff Myrtle Levendoski sustained injuries from a fall allegedly resulting from a defective sidewalk adjoining property owned by the defendants. Plaintiffs brought suit on the theory that defendants breached a duty to them imposed by Ordinance No 34, § 3, of the city of Warren. It provides:

“No person shall permit any sidewalk which adjoins property owned by him to fall into a state of disrepair or be unsafe.”

- Defendants were granted summary judgment on the ground that'the ordinance does not create a cause of action agaihst an abutting property owner in favor of one injured by a defective…