Duckers v. Lynch

The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’Connor, J.:

Thomas Lynch (defendant) has appealed from a $12,500 judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Harry Duckers (plaintiff) for personal injuries Duckers sustained as the result of a fall on November 16,1964, while a social guest in Lynch’s home.

Although several points are raised, the pivotal question which disposes of the appeal is whether the trial court erred in failing to sustain defendant’s motion for directed verdict based on the insufficiency of evidence to establish liability on the part of defendant.

The fall climaxed a day of…