Hamakawa v. Crescent Wharf & Warehouse Co.

The plaintiff sued the defendant for damages for personal injuries sustained while he was about to board the “Norfolk Mam”, a freighter docked at a municipal pier in Los Angeles harbor. The jury awarded damages to the plaintiff. The defendant moved in the alternative for a new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, a motion for a directed verdict having been made before the cause was sub- . mitted to the jury. The motion for judgment notwithstanding the. verdict was denied and the defendant has appealed from the order denying the motion.

If the trial court should have granted the…