Smith v. KAHLER CORPORATION, INC.

Robert B. Gillespie, Justice. *

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs and from the trial court’s order denying defendant's motion for a new trial.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, instituted an action against defendant for damages resulting from plaintiff Loretta Smith’s falling to the floor of a cocktail lounge known as the Hemisphere Room, owned and operated by defendant. A jury found defendant negligent and found defendant’s negligence to be a direct cause of Mrs. Smith’s injury. The jury also found Mrs. Smith (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) negligent, but found her…