Bennett v. North Brighton Townhouses, Inc.

MANFORD, Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injury, resulting in a jury award of $50,000. After trial, motion for new trial, or in the alternative to set aside the award, was *187filed. The trial court overruled the motion for new trial but set aside the award, declaring appellant to be contributorily negligent as a matter of law. The judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Since cross appeals were filed, the parties will be referred to under their party designations upon trial. Appellant was plaintiff and respondents were defendants.

Plaintiff, by way of her original brief…