Wood v. Tri-States Theater Corp.

- The question presented is whether the issue of defendant’s negligence was for the jury to decide. If from the evidence reasonable minds might reach different conclusions upon this issue it was properly for the jury. Lawson v. Fordyce, 234 Iowa 632, 636, 12 N. W. 2d 301, 303, and cases cited.

We must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff and give her the benefit of all permissible inferences.

It is conceded plaintiff was an invitee when,. in the act of leaving defendant’s theater in Cedar Rapids, she fell in the lobby. The single charge of negligence is that defendant…