Christianson v. Kramer

Defendants’ motions for directed verdict, which were sustained, challenged the sufficiency of the evidence of defendants’ negligence, of proximate- cause, and of plaintiff’s freedom from contributory negligence. We think the case should have been submitted to the jury. Our review of the evidence, of course, must be made in the light most favorable to plaintiff.

On January 6, 1960, at about 10 a.m., the plaintiff, 26 years of age, purchased two cups of coffee at a tavern a half block from the stairs leading to the basement shoe shop of the defendant Kramer and proceeded to carry them, one in…