Torre v. DeRenzo

The plaintiff originally brought suit against Ciriaco DeRenzo, who died before trial and for whom the court substituted the administrator on his estate. Subsequently, Antonetta DeRenzo was added as a party defendant. We shall discuss the case as though Ciriaco and Antonetta were the defendants and we shall refer to them as the landlords. The suit was instituted to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff when her foot went through a weak part of the flooring in an apartment which the landlords had rented. The court directed a verdict for the landlords, and the plaintiff…