Oak Knolls Realty Corp. v. Thomas

In this case of personal injury resulting from a slip and fall on ice, final judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff, Lorraine Thomas, against the defendant, Oak Knolls Realty Corporation, upon a jury verdict in the sum of $12,500. We granted the defendant a writ of error limited to consideration of two instructions, Nos. 7 and 9, granted at the request of the plaintiff and relating to damages.

The plaintiff injured her right hip in the fall, and her condition was diagnosed as “trochanteric bursitis.” At time of trial, approximately 21]/2 months after the fall, she was suffering “some…