Waugh v. Duke Corporation

EUGENE A. GORDON, District Judge.

This action was brought by Emily S. Waugh, B/N/F Samuel F. Gantt, to recover damages for personal injuries which she received when she walked into a glass panel of a motel owned and operated by The Duke Corporation.

A jury trial was waived and the matter was heard by the Court sitting without a jury. The defendant moved for dismissal of the plaintiff’s action and for judgment on the pleadings at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. The Court reserved its decision on the motion until the completion of all the evidence at which time the defendant renewed its…