Pierson v. Holly Sugar Corp.

Defendant Holly Sugar Corporation appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff in an action brought to recover damages for injuries which he sustained when a freight elevator on which he was riding dropped from the third to the ground floor in defendant’s Santa Ana sugar plant building. There is no dispute as to the nature and extent of plaintiff’s injuries.

Appellant asserts as grounds for reversal of the judgment that the trial court erred in permitting the introduction of certain testimony and in the giving of instructions.

The circumstances under which…