De Casiano v. Morgan

In the accident which occasioned this negligence action, plaintiff Alicia De Casiano tripped over a loose piece of metal “ nosing ” on the edge of one of the hallway steps in the building where she worked, and fell to the bottom of the *529long stairway. She had reached for the handrail, she testified, to stop her fall, but could not secure a hold since it was flush against the wall. She and her husband, who joined as a plaintiff to recover for loss of services, obtained a judgment for $1,800 against defendant Rosenblum, the lessee of the entire building, but their complaint against defendant…