Lewis v. W. F. Smith & Co.

Plaintiff, Mary Lewis, brought suit to recover for personal injuries sustained in a fall on the front stairs of the apartment building in which she lived. The building was owned by defendant, Clara Peters, and was managed by defendant, W. F. Smith & Co. A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of *16,832.75 and defendants appealed, contending that: (1) it was error to deny defendants’ motion for a directed verdict in that there was no duty on defendants to remove ice and snow from the stairs and that the absence of handrails could not be considered the proximate cause of…