Federal Case

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• plaintiff did not assume the risk of the harm by using the stairwell because there was no other way to enter the building
• where court found a 5/8 inch riser height defect on stairway created a foreseeable risk of falling, the landowner was required to discover and remedy the discrepancy
• \A party pursuing claims for contribution and indemnity can do so only if it has established that it was itself liable to the plaintiff for the plaintiff's injury.\
• “Contribution applies when a plaintiff and defendant are joint tortfeasors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).