Wickstrom v. Ringling Bros.

This is an appeal prosecuted by the defendant from a judgment for $6,500 entered by the court (upon a remittitur of $3,500 entered by plaintiff) upon a jury verdict in the sum of $10,000, in a personal injury action.

The complaint alleged in substance that on July 23, 1939, the defendant was engaged in conducting a circus performance; that plaintiff attended this circus, paid an admission, and was directed to occupy a seat in the general admission temporary grandstand at the south end of the main tent; that at all times the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care and caution for his own…