Dukek v. Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co.

Knutson, Judge.

As far as material to this decision, this is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

The action is one for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when he walked into a glass panel constituting part of an entrance to defendant’s building.

Defendant operates a wholesale hardware business in a multiple-story building in the city of St. Paul. In 1949, defendant rebuilt the entrance to its building. In doing so, it retained the services of a well-known and reputable firm of architects to design the entrance and…