Baumgartner v. Ham

These consolidated suits for negligence were tried to a jury. Defendant Ham appeals from judgments entered upon verdict for plaintiff Jane C. Baumgartner in the sum of $15,000 and verdict for plaintiff James A. Baumgartner in the sum of $2,500. He requests judgments notwithstanding such verdicts or, in the alternative, order of retrial.

In Monaghan v. Pavsner, 347 Mich 511, and later in Houseman v. Walt Neal, Inc., 368 Mich 631, judgments for correspondingly situated plaintiffs were affirmed as against demands for judgments notwithstanding the respective verdicts. Affirmance in each instance…