Rust v. Washington Tool & Hardware Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Card, J., entered May 26,1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained through a fall down an elevator shaft.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondent, while a customer in dhe store of appellant engaged in making purchases, fell into an open elevator shaft and injured his foot. He brought this action for damages, and recovered a .judgment for $2,500. An appeal is prosecuted in which errors are assigned upon the insufficiency of the evidence, the improper admission of evidence, and the denial of a new trial, based on improper instructions, misconduct of counsel, and excessiveness of the verdict.
The evidence shows that respondent, a man 78 years of age, residing in Grig Harbor, Washington, was in .appellant’s storeroom in the…
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