Borduk v. Guerrieri

This action in negligence was tried before the court without a jury. The plaintiff, who is 78 years of age, claims that she was injured on November 28, 1953 at about 7:00 or 7:30 in the evening while proceeding down the entrance steps leading from the public sidewalk to the courtyard of the premises owned by the defendant. Liability is predicated upon failure to furnish light and to provide a handrail.

The undisputed evidence discloses that, for a period of about 10 years prior to the date of accident, the plaintiff had been a tenant in said premises, conceded to be a multiple dwelling; that…