Helen Taneian, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Kosrof M. Meghrigian and Charles J. Najarian, Defendants-Respondents

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the trial court's directed verdict, holding that the landlords owed a duty of reasonable care to the plaintiff as a social guest using the common stairway and that contributory negligence was not a matter of law; a new trial was ordered. Justice Burling dissented, arguing the defendants were not liable because the plaintiff was contributorily negligent.