Remley v. Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority

Doan, Judge.

Appellant Michael Remley filed a lawsuit against appellee Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority for personal injuries he allegedly received when, while fitting a replacement window into a window opening on property owned by appellee, he stepped off a ladder into a hole in the floor. In his complaint appellant asserted that appellee was negligent in failing to maintain the premises where he was injured in a reasonably safe manner.

The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict of $25,143.15 in favor of appellant, granting him $11,640.15 for medical costs, $7,500 for lost…