Carrender v. Fitterer

CIRILLO, Judge:

Appellee, Ruth Carrender, was injured when she slipped and fell on á patch of ice in appellants’ parking lot. She and her husband, Walter, filed an action in trespass alleging that appellants’ negligence in failing to clear their parking lot of ice was a substantial factor in causing her injuries. After a trial, a jury returned a verdict in appellees’ favor awarding Ruth Carrender $70,000.00, and her husband $2,500.00 for loss of consortium. The jury found that Ruth Carrender was thirty-five percent contributorily negligent, however, and the verdicts were molded to $45,000.00…