Becker v. Liscio

Judgments were directed in these cases for defendants in negligence actions for personal injuries. The actions were *699tried together, one for damages to an injured wife, and the other for loss of her services brought by her husband.

The defendants were engaged in building operations and excavated under the sidewalk twenty-two feet below the level of the street for the purpose of making a sewer connection. This excavation was covered over with planks at the time of the accident.

The plaintiff showed that while she was walking past the premises her left foot became caught in a hole under one of…