Laidlaw v. Perozzi

FINLEY, J. pro tem. *

In this action appellant seeks damages from respondent for personal injuries sustained by appellant when by mistake she opened and stepped through a door leading from respondent’s kitchen to a basement stairway and fell down the stairway. The trial court granted respondent’s motion for a nonsuit and entered judgment thereon, specifically basing its judgment on the ground that appellant by her own proof had established that she was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. The only question involved is whether the trial court erred in so holding or whether…