Bender v. White

This appeal is from a judgment of the superior court, entered upon the verdict of a jury, awarding damages to the respondent for injuries resulting from the alleged negligence of the appellant.

The principal contention urged by appellant for reversal of the judgment is that the respondent’s evidence established, as a matter of law, that she was guilty of contributory negligence. The material facts may be summarized as follows:

The respondent sustained the injuries for which she sues by a fall into the elevator shaft of the Norfolk building, in Spokane, owned by the appellant. The building, five…