Erdmann v. Frazin

“On a clear day you can see forever,” the playwright and songwriter agreed. It does not take so clear a day to determine exactly where this accident occurred. Even on so clear a day it would be difficult to determine how and why it happened.

That the entrance platform to the drugstore was defective and that the accident occurred in the exact area of the defect cannot be disputed. Witnesses testified that the broken-down area of the platform was “all jagged.” The defect was repaired soon after the mishap. In her testimony, the plaintiff placed herself precisely in the area of disrepair at the…