Morton v. F.B.D. Enterprises

The plaintiff, Cynthia Morton, brought suit in negligence against the defendant, EB.D. Enterprises, after having been injured in a fall on the defendant’s business premises when another patron, Mary Helen Bevirt, fell and struck her, thereby causing the plaintiff to fall. The plaintiff maintained that, as a result of the faH, she had suffered a fractured coccyx and a herniated lumbar disc. A jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, assessing damages in the amount of $750,000. The trial court denied in its entirety the defendant’s post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the…