Steinberg v. Northern Illinois Telephone Co.

Harry W. Steinberg recovered a judgment against the Northern Hlinois Telephone Company for $2,600 in an action on the case for personal injuries. He was injured by falling down a stairway leading from the street to the telephone exchange of the defendant located in the second story of a building in the Village of Sheridan. Long distance calls by the public in general were accepted and made by defendant at its telephone exchange. The only means of ingress and egress to the exchange was by an inclosed stairway of two flights at the west end of the building. The first flight had 13 steps leading…