Worker wins slip-and-fall verdict

Icy steps will cost a Johnston, PA, club a large sum of money. A jury in Cambria County has awarded $1 million in a slip-and-fall case in which an Altoona workman was injured when he fell down the ice-covered steps of the PNA club. Kurtis W. Carper was walking down the steps to clean the beer taps at the club while holding a toolbox in one hand. He fell even though he was holding a railing with