Artz v. Todd

A jury has rendered a verdict for plaintiff Barbara Artz for $12,000; likewise a verdict of $130.50 in the derivative action of the father of Barbara Artz, who was an infant at the time she was injured.

The court granted a nonsuit as to defendant Cornell University. The verdict is against the remaining defendants.

While acting as a junior counsellor with the Campfire Girls near Danby, Tompkins County, New York, Barbara Artz fell through a trap door that had been left open on the porch of a caretaker’s lodge, maintained upon a large tract of land used for recreational purposes.

The situation as…