Melissa DePaulo v. Wallace Frasier: A woman who broke her foot after falling down the stairs of her apartment building has been awarded $100,000 by a Superior Court judge.
Melissa DePaulo, 31, of Meriden, was in her apartment building hallways at about 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, 2004 when she slipped and fell down seven stairs, according to her lawyer, George H. Charlesworth Jr., of New Haven. Charlesworth said there was no lighting in the hallway and DePaulo slipped because a rubber flap on one of the stairs was not nailed down properly.
