People v. Janosko

In an action to recover damages for wrongful death and for conscious pain and suffering, the appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdiet in favor of the adminis-tratrix. The intestate, a tenant in appellants’ building, was injured when he fell down an outside stairway appurtenant to said building, which injury it is alleged caused his death. There was testimony that the accident happened about 8:00 p.m. on October 6, 1951, that the intestate was accompanied by the administratrix and that the stairway was inadequately lighted and had no handrail. Judgment reversed on the law, with…