Sparks v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

BROOKS, District Judge.

This action is submitted on the motion of the defendant, Western Union Telegraph Company, to set aside a jury verdict for the plaintiff, Mary Ruth Sparks, and to enter judgment in accordance with defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

The facts surrounding the accident in which the plaintiff was injured are not disputed. The plaintiff was crossing Market Street at the intersection of Fourth and Market Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, in a designated crosswalk when she stepped on a manhole cover maintained by the defendant. The manhole cover which was located…