Perry v. D. J. & T. Sullivan, Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in favor of respondent and against appellants in the sum of $22,000, in an action to recover on account of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall from a ladder. After the return of the verdict by the jury in favor of the plaintiff, defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied, and after the entry of the judgment, the defendants’ motion for a new trial was denied.

The facts of the case in the main are not disputed. The Industrial Construction Company was engaged, under a contract with the owner of a…