Socha v. Passino

Plaintiff brought a suit to recover damages for injuries sustained in a fall from the balcony of defendants’ house. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $10,000. Defendants’ motions for new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were denied.

The suit arose from an accident which occurred as plaintiff was moving a bed which had been given to plaintiff’s aunt by defendants. While lowering the mattress from a second story balcony, plaintiff leaned against a railing constructed by defendant Jack Passino. The railing gave way and plaintiff fell…