Geissler v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

BOUTALL, Judge.

Michael Geissler, plaintiff-appellant, filed suit for damages against his mother, Mrs. Hattie Geissler, and her insurer, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a slip and fall type accident on the front porch of his mother’s home on May 15, 1972. After trial on the merits, judgment was rendered for the defendants and plaintiff appealed.

The facts surrounding the accident itself are uncontested. On the night of May 15, 1972, the plaintiff was relaxing on a sofa at his mother’s home waiting for a tow truck to bring his disabled auto…