MUCKLER V. BUCHL
150 N.W.2d 689 (1967)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Buchl (D) appealed a judgment in favor of Muckler (P), the husband of
a deceased tenant, for death as a result of a fall on the premises owned by D.
FACTS: P's decedent, a 55-year-old woman, fell down a flight of stairs extending from the
landing between the first and second floors down to the first floor of apartment house in
which she had been a tenant for 7 years. She broke her hip in the fall and was taken to a
hospital where she died less than 4 months later. P sued D for death by wrongful act. P
claimed the accident was caused by D's negligence in having the stairs too dimly lit for
safety contrary to a relevant ordinance and to his common-law duty. Just before she fell,
decedent was walking down the stairs directly behind a departing guest who had been visiting
her. Her testimony indicated that the stairway was poorly lit. The light measured one-tenth
of a foot-candle or less -- significantly below the two foot-candles required by an
ordinance of the city of Minneapolis. Except for the inadequacy of the lighting, the
evidence shows that there was no defect in the stairway to which the fall could be
attributed. A handrail was in place. There was no evidence indicating that decedent had
fallen while descending the steps of the apartment building on any prior occasion during the
7 years she lived there as a tenant. P got the judgment and D appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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