Houchin v. Willow Avenue Realty Company

REED, Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant, Emma B. Hou-chin, was injured when she fell while descending basement stairs in an apartment building. The plaintiff, a tenant occupying one of the four apartments in the building, sued her landlord, the defendant-appellee Willow Avenue Realty Company, and its managing agent, the defendant-appellee Martin L. Adams and Sons, Inc. The trial jury found in favor of the plaintiff and awarded her damages in the amount of $2,000. The plaintiff moved for a new trial asserting that the damages awarded were inadequate and that she was entitled to a new trial on the…