Gribbin v. Fox

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Colie, J.

Appellant, Samuel Fox, appeals from a judgment entered against him in the Atlantic County Court of Common Pleas in the amount of $1,093.27. The jury awarded $500 to plaintiff Doris Gribbin and $500 to her husband, Joseph Gribbin, for consequential damages.

The plaintiff Doris Gribbin, in the late afternoon of November 30th, 1941, when it was dark, was walking northerly along New Jersey Avenue in Atlantic City. At a point between Pacific, and Atlantic Avenues, she attempted to cross from the easterly to the westerly side. She says that she made…