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RENSWICK v. WENZEL

No. A11-1719.

819 N.W.2d 198 (2012)

Kari RENSWICK, Respondent, v. Jason WENZEL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur W. Fluegel , Fluegel Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, and Phillip P. Hansen , Hansen Law Office, Ltd., Winona, MN, for respondent.

Ken D. Schueler , Hilary R. Stonelake-Curtis , Dunlap & Seeger, P.A., Rochester, MN, for appellant.

Paul D. Peterson , Lori L. Barton , Harper & Peterson, P.L.L.C., Woodbury, MN, for amicus curiae The Minnesota Association for Justice.

Considered and decided by ROSS, Presiding Judge; WRIGHT, Judge; and COLLINS, Judge.

OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

New Year's Eve party guest Kari Renswick tumbled down the stairs into Jason Wenzel's basement, breaking both her wrists. She sued Wenzel for negligence. The question at trial was the reason for Renswick's fall; Wenzel asserted that the fall resulted from Renswick's being under the influence of drugs and alcohol, while Renswick asserted that it resulted from Wenzel's negligent failure to adequately light the stairway landing or to warn...

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