Tolman v. Wieboldt Stores, Inc.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. After a jury trial, a verdict and judgment for $10,000 was rendered for the plaintiff for injuries sustained on November 29, 1960, when plaintiff fell on an escalator in defendant’s store. Defendant urges reversal on the theory that plaintiff failed to make out a prima facie case; that there…