C. Stanley Baker v. American Surety Company

This cause is before us on an appeal by the Appellant Baker, plaintiff below, from a judgment entered by the trial court notwithstanding a jury verdict in his favor.

The Appellee is the general liability insurer of Aleo Paper Company on whose premises the Appellant was injured.

Appellant Baker sustained a fall, fracturing his left knee, when making his exit from the Aleo Paper Company premises in New Orleans through the freight door situated at one end of their premises.

The Appellee, defendant below, denied negligence and alternatively pleaded contributory negligence.

The case was tried before a…