Vrooman v. the Shepard Co.

These are two actions of trespass on the case for negligence brought respectively by Laura E. Vrooman to recover for personal injuries, allegedly suffered by her as a result of the negligent operation by the defendant of an elevator door in its store, and by Harry R. Vrooman, her husband, to recover for loss and damage occasioned by such injuries to his wife. Both cases were tried together before a justice of the Superior Court, sitting with a jury, and at the conclusion of the evidence, upon motion, a verdict in each case in favor of the defendant was directed by the trial justice. To these…