Blackwell v. Guiffria

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Edna Blackwell, was injured by the collapse of defective steps attached to the premises occupied by her under lease and belonging to the defendant, Eugene Guiffria. There is no doubt in our minds of the liability of a landlord for injuries sustained by a tenant under the circumstances prevailing in this case. Revised Civil Code, Article 2695; Thomson v. Cooke, 147 La. 922, 86 So. 332; Shelton v. Masur, 157 La. 621, 102 So. 813; Divas v. Noto, 17 La.App. 177, 134 So. 275. Defendant, however, contends that the plaintiff, at the time of the accident, was not a…