Brown v. George Pepperdine Foundation

Carol Ann Brown, a minor, and her mother, Minnie Lee Brown, sued defendants George Pepper-dine Foundation and Oliver & Williams Company for damages resulting from personal injuries received by the minor. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants, and the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. George Pepperdine Foundation alone appealed from the order granting the new trial.

Carol Ann, a five-year-old girl, was injured by a fall down the elevator shaft in an apartment building, owned by appellant, in which she and her mother were living. The codefendant, Oliver & Williams…