DIORIO v. PENNY

No. 9029SC1158.

405 S.E.2d 789 (1991)

103 N.C. App. 407

Katharine N. DIORIO, Plaintiff, v. William E. PENNY and Betty S. Penny, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris, Bell & Morris by William C. Morris, Jr., Asheville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Roberts, Stevens & Cogburn, P.A. by Frank P. Graham, Asheville, for defendants-appellees.


LEWIS, Judge.

On 13 July 1985 Katharine N. Diorio and her husband leased a two-story house, owned by the defendants, in Henderson County. The house contained a staircase which did not have a handrail and consisted of twelve to fifteen steps varying from four to nine inches in height. At the time plaintiff signed the lease the staircase was covered by carpeting which extended unsupported approximately two inches beyond each step before continuing down the riser to...

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