Goldsmith v. Mills

Plaintiff-respondent Della Goldsmith brought an action to recover damages for personal injuries received as the result of a fall in defendant-appellants’ store. Judgment was entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff for $6,000 and this appeal was taken therefrom.

Respondent, a woman of 85 years of age at the time of the accident, is the mother of Ivan Goldsmith, one of the appellants in this action. The other appellant is Robert Mills, who is a business partner of Ivan. On December 15, 1951, respondent was driven by her sister-in-law down to her son’s store for the purpose of doing some…