Sanchez v. Bagues & Sons Mortuaries

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendant in ah action for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, who slipped and fell down two stairs on the premises of defendant. Plaintiff and her witnesses claimed that a strip of abrasive tape on the step on which she slipped was worn and slippery. Manuel Bagues, defendant's manager, testified that there was non-skid tape on the steps on the date of the accident and that the step on which plaintiff slipped was not slippery.

Plaintiff’s counsel made an offer of proof that subsequent to the accident someone…