Bevan v. Century Realty Co.

There is presented to us an appeal from the judgment of the Common Pleas Court, rendered in accordance with a previous verdict of a jury, awarding damages to plaintiff, on two causes of action, one for the wrongful death of her decedent, the other for the pain and suffering sustained by decedent between the date of his injury and his death, a period of approximately three months. The judgment was for $10,000 on the first cause of action, and for $2,000 on the second cause of action.

The decedent, an employee of a lessee in charge of a department store, fell or stepped backward on the mezzanine…