Bryan v. Dockery

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

The jury found appellant, Ruth Bryan, 1 87% negligent and Michael Hejl 2 13% negligent for personal injuries sustained by ap-pellee, Raymond Dockery, and awarded Dockery $13,000.00 in damages and $7,255.98 in pre-judgment interest.

On December 23, 1983, Dockery, a postal employee, was on the Bryan premises to deliver a package to Hejl, who lived in an upstairs garage apartment. Dockery stated that, because the package was too large to fit inside the mailbox, he went upstairs to attempt delivery, and no one was home; that as he started to descend the stairs, a portion of…