Burke v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of St. Louis

SMITH, Commissioner.

Defendant appeals from the action of the trial court in granting plaintiff-wife’s motion for new trial on the issue of damages only and in denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and enter judgment for defendant. The jury returned a verdict of $500 in favor of plaintiff, Leona Burke, and $500 in favor of *219her husband for his expenses and loss of consortium, arising from injuries sustained by the wife when she tripped over soda cases placed in front of a door by defendant’s employee.

Defendant makes no challenge here to the sufficiency of the evidence to establish…