SAUNDERS v. PICARD


683 A.2d 501 (1996)

Virginia SAUNDERS v. Antoine PICARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Kelley, Caribou, for Plaintiff.

Bruce Mallonee, Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, for Defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, DANA, and LIPEZ, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

Virginia Saunders appeals from a summary judgment against her entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, J.) on her complaint against her landlord, Antoine Picard, for injuries she sustained in a fall down her cellar stairs. Saunders argues that there exists a genuine issue of material fact concerning Picard's duty to fix and maintain the stairs. We affirm the judgment.

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