O'Brien v. Freeman

The plaintiff has a verdict against the defendant in an action of tort for the alleged negligence of one of the defendant’s employees. The only exception presented is that of the defendant to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict.

The jury could have found that the plaintiff was injured in the defendant’s roller skating rink to which she had been admitted by a ticket which she purchased; that as she was skating, the guard or attendant, skating backwards in the same direction in which the plaintiff was going, overtook and passed another skater, who was about five feet behind the…