Johnson v. Crescent Arms Apartments, Inc.

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries and special damages resulting from a fall by the plaintiff, a tenant, from the balcony of her second floor apartment. Named defendants are Crescent Arms Apartments, Inc., the landlord, and that corporation’s liability insurer, Phoenix Assurance Company of New York. Because of a stay order issued in a bankruptcy proceeding involving Crescent, the case went to trial, and is before us, only as to Phoenix. That defendant’s answer to plaintiff’s petition denies negligence on the part of its assured and alternatively pleads contributory negligence…