Mizenis v. Sands Motel, Inc.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant Balconi and Smith, Inc., operators of the Sands Motel, arising out of an action by the plaintiff, a motel guest, who fell while descending an exterior stairway from a second floor motel room. The stairway was in a slippery and dangerous condition as the result of a natural accumulation of ice and snow.

The stipulation of facts by the parties, considered in reaching a summary judgment, contained, inter alia, the following facts:

“1. The only means of ingress and egress to plaintiff’s motel unit consisted of two exterior stairways,…