Weller v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Action for injuries sustained by plaintiff on September 4, 1949, when he fell between a removable stairway or ramp and a plane to which it was adjacent while embarking on the plane at defendant’s airport in Chicago. The jury returned a verdict in his favor in the sum of $50,000. This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

Plaintiff, a passenger on defendant’s plane, arrived in Chicago from Minneapolis on the afternoon of September 4, 1949, and contemplated returning to Minneapolis the same…