Buonono v. Moldenke

In this action for personal injuries, plaintiff testified that she was caused to trip and fall down a stairway in a multiple dwelling and sustain injuries because a part of the metal nosing on the top step of the stairs leading from the second to the first floor was raised about an inch above the stair and floor level. Her brother and sister testified that such condition existed for at least two or three weeks before the accident.

A former superintendent, defendant’s witness, was allowed to testify on cross-examination, over defendant’s objection, that “ before ” the date of the accident in…