Knepler v. Cowden, Unpublished Decision (12-23-1999)

OPINION

Carolyn Knepler appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas and from the court's refusal to set aside that verdict.

The facts which led to the filing of the complaint are as follows.

In 1984, while living in Alaska with her husband and their children, Knepler hurt her feet when she jumped into a swimming pool. An x-ray of her left foot revealed a small spur on her heel and, of incidental note, the presence of an os trigonum. An os trigonum is a bony structure that protrudes from the back of one of the bones in the ankle. Only…