Terry v. Masonis

PiNOLA, J.,

Dorothy Terry, one of the plaintiffs, sustained a serious cut on the rear of the lower part of her right leg while in the toilet of the restaurant of the defendants. Arteries were severed and nineteen stitches were required to close the wound.

The jury returned a verdict for her and her husband in the sum of $672.00.

Defendants are not now pressing their motion for new trial, but insist that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, and therefore, they are entitled to judgment n. o. v.

In considering this motion, the familiar rule requires that we consider…