Appalachian Power Co. v. Earline Virginia Sanders

These appeals, consolidated for review, arise from a judgment confirming the verdict of a jury which awarded a plaintiff damages against a lessor and its lessee for injuries sustained in a fall on the leased premises. Neither appellant raises a question concerning the quantum of damages or contributory negligence. The lessor challenges an instruction defining the standard of care a lessor owes to a lessee’s invitee, and both defendants question the sufficiency of the evidence of primary negligence. In a cross-appeal, the lessee also assigns error to the trial court’s ruling in favor of the…