Helfrick v. Taylor

FINCH, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant in a suit wherein plaintiff Patricia Helfrick sought in Count I to recover $15,000 for personal injuries received when she fell in the vestibule of defendant’s apartment building, and her husband sought in Count II to recover $5,000 for expenses and loss of consortium. The jury found for defendant on both counts and the trial court overruled plaintiffs’ motion for new trial. We affirm.

The petition alleged that the tile floor of the vestibule where plaintiff 1 fell was in a cracked, broken and defective condition so…