Family Thrift, Inc. v. Cheryl Birthrong

Dillard, Judge.

In this premises-liability action, Cheryl Birthrong sued Family Thrift, Inc. and Olympia Management, Inc. (“defendants”), owners and operators of a chain of thrift stores, alleging that the defendants negligently breached a duty they owed to her as an invitee when she suffered injuries near the store’s dressing room as a result of a chair collapsing as she sat upon it. Following a trial and jury verdict in Birthrong’s favor, the defendants filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (j.n.o.v.), which the trial court denied. The defendants now appeal, arguing that…