Morrow v. Boldt

Defendants appeal as of right a jury judgment in favor of plaintiff after the trial court denied defendants’ motion for a directed verdict. Because defendants were entitled to a directed verdict, we reverse.

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The event giving rise to this case occurred in the City of Wayne. Plaintiff, a school bus driver, was injured when she slipped and fell on defendants’ driveway apron while attempting to help defendants’ child board the school bus. The cause of her fall was a thin layer of ice that had developed overnight, while defendants slept. It was Mr. Boldt’s routine practice to clear the driveway…