KOCH v. LA PORTA


30 N.J. Super. 388 (1954)

104 A.2d 847

MARY KOCH AND MAX KOCH, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. RALPH LA PORTA, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph L. Freiman argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mr. Thomas F. Doyle argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Messrs. Townsend & Doyle, attorneys).

Before Judges CLAPP, FREUND and SCHETTINO.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CLAPP, S.J.A.D.

The action here was brought for injuries to the plaintiff, Mrs. Koch, who fell one morning at 7:15 A.M. while descending the stairs in defendant's building, where she and her husband lived. As defendant concedes, he had assumed to provide a light on the stairs and was under a duty to exercise reasonable care to see to its maintenance. Rhodes v. Fuller Land Improvement Co., 92 N.J.L. 569, 572 ...

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