Carlson v. Hampl

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court entered pursuant to an order granting a motion for summary judgment.

On May 4, 1966, Mayme Carlson sustained injuries when she fell down the basement stairway of a private dwelling located at 1460 East Nevada Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. For present purposes we will assume that she fell because the top step in the stairway had a riser only 5 1/2 inches in height as compared with the other steps in the stairway which were equipped with risers 8 inches high and, in addition, because the stairway lacked a handrail as required by the…