Gormley v. Vartian

This is a slip and fall case. In the Superior Court a verdict was directed for one defendant, the jury returned a verdict for the other defendant, and judgments were entered accordingly. The plaintiffs subsequent motion for a new trial was denied by the trial justice. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Frederick J. Gormley, is afflicted with diabetes and is legally blind. On February 20, 1972, plaintiff fractured his left leg when he fell on the wooden stairs leading to the side entrance of a five-unit apartment house in Cranston. At the time, plaintiff and his wife were social guests of his…