Sala

This is an appeal from a money judgment entered upon a jury’s verdict in a personal injury action.

It appears from the settled statement upon which this appeal is presented that the respondent sustained personal injuries when she stepped into an uncovered “crawl or access hole” on the premises of appellants’ motel. The uncovered crawl or access hole is located in a concrete slab on the west side of the motel unit, which respondent had, on the day of the accident, rented from defendants. This slab is approximately 2 feet wide and extends the full length of the building on its west side. On the other three sides of the building are concrete sidewalks approximately 3 feet wide. These sidewalks join the concrete slab to form a continuous flat surface which gave an appearance of the sidewalk extending completely around the building. However, on the west side, and in the so-called slab, are three “crawl” or “access” holes, which were open at the top. The crawl hole which caused respondent’s fall and resulting injury is only 25 inches south of the northwesterly corner of the building or approximately 5 feet south of the northerly edge of the sidewalk on the north side. This crawl or…