Johnson v. Murphy

DOERNER, Commissioner.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries incurred when plaintiff fell upon an icy walk on the premises of her employer. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $3000, but the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for judgment in accordance with her motion for a directed verdict filed at the close of the evidence and plaintiff appealed.

The principal issue presented is whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, established a case properly submissible to the jury. Plaintiff forthrightly recognizes…