Buchholz v. Steitz

GUITTARD, Justice.

Plaintiff Heidi Buchholz was a guest in the home of defendants Lena and Allen Steitz and was injured when she opened what she took for a bathroom door and fell down a stairway into the basement. She alleged in her petition that defendants were negligent in failing to have the basement door locked, in failing to have the stairway lighted, and in failing to warn of the existence of the basement. She further alleged that the stairway behind the unlocked and unmarked door was a trap or pitfall and was such an unreasonable risk of harm to plaintiff that defendants were under a…