Jenkins v. Missouri State Life Insurance

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was a guest at the Alcazar Hotel in Kansas City and was injured by a fall when she stepped out of the elevator there. Plaintiff's petition charges, as negligence, failure to bring the elevator to a level with the third floor so that plaintiff might alight therefrom with reasonable safety, by reason of which she was caused to fall and was injured. Plaintiff had a verdict for $10,000, and from judgment entered thereon defendant has appealed.

Considerable evidence appears in the record upon the issue of whether defendant was actually…