Benser v. Johnson

McCLUNG, Justice.

This is a negligence case. Albert Ben-ser, d/b/a Carrier Square Apartments, appeals from a $70,000 judgment entered on behalf of appellee Cynthia Johnson, individually and as next friend of Alysia Johnson, a minor. In appellant’s sole point of error he contends that his motion for new trial should have been granted because there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s answer concerning the issue of proximate cause. We affirm.

On February 1, 1983, Cynthia Johnson and her daughter moved into appellant’s apartment complex. She soon discovered that the locks on the…