Injured Buyer Can’t Collect on Handrail Claim 
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Published: August 16, 2012
Tags: Judge James C. Cacheris, Negligence, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
In a prospective home buyer’s suit alleging injuries from a fall as she was descending a stairwell with a handrail that did not extend for the last three steps, the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant seller because defendant was not negligent and plaintiff was contributorily negligent.
Preliminarily, the court notes plaintiff has ...
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