Mansfield v. Lary

Jordan, Judge.

This was a negligence action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained by her when she fell while using the facilities of the defendant’s self-service, coin-operated laundry. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the exception is to the denial of the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Held:

The record in this case discloses that the plaintiff simply lost her balance and fell after standing in a fixed position for several moments. The evidence does not show that the plaintiff stumbled over any object, or that she…