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Chevraux v. Nahas

150 N.W.2d 78, 260 Iowa 817, 1967 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 759
Supreme Court of Iowa·Decided April 4, 1967·No. 52460·Published·Cited by 15 cases

Opinions

Rawlings, J.

Plaintiff brought an action at law to recover for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from a fall as she was leaving the Commodore Hotel in Des Moines.

Trial to a jury resulted in judgment on verdict for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. We reverse.

This hotel, located on Grand Avenue, faces in a northerly direction.

There is a circular paved driveway in the front. A cement sidewalk, about 60 feet in length and ten feet wide, extends from this driveway to steps leading up to the main entrance.

The walk area immediately in front of the entryway had sunk, causing water to accumulate there when it rained and to be covered with ice in the winter. Repairs were deemed necessary.

A new cement slab the width of the sidewalk and extending out about 15 feet from the lowest entrance step was then built. This was completed about August 13, 1965.

As constructed it was four inches higher than the remaining or northerly 45 feet of the sidewalk. A two-inch strip of yellow paint was immediately applied to the front surface edge of the new slab.

Because plaintiff’s Exhibit 9 probably discloses the situation as it existed more clearly than could the oral testimony of any witnesses, it is here reproduced.

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