Gero v. J.W.J. Realty

Plaintiffs Robert and Maryanne Gero 1 appeal a Chittenden Superior Court order granting defendants J.WJ. Realty and Wiemann-Lamphere judgment as a matter of law. Plaintiff argues that the court erred because (1) he had not completed his case and (2) the evidence he presented and proffered gave rise to a jury question as to defendants’ liabilities. We affirm.

At trial, plaintiff presented the following facts. On November 11, 1992, at the construction site of a new Saturn automobile dealership, plaintiff, an employee of Mahl Construction, Inc., slipped and fell on a dirt mound ramp that provided…