Romano v. Home Owners' Loan Corp.

In an action by plaintiff wifle to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by reason of slipping and falling on a step of a stone stoop which had allegedly become slippery by reason of the dripping of water from a leak in an overhead gutter, and by her husband for loss of services and expenses, judgment dismissing the complaint, in accordance with the granting of a motion by defendant at the close of plaintiffs’ case, on the ground that the plaintiff wife had failed to sustain her burden of establishing freedom from contributory negligence as a matter of law, reversed on the law and a…