Kilmer v. New York Telephone Co.

Plaintiffs are husband and wife, the wife suing for her injuries and the husband for medical expenses and loss of consortium. The two cases were tried together and each had a judgment on a separate verdict.

The plaintiff Grace A. Kilmer was injured at six-thirty p. m., December 17, 1927, in front of her residence by tripping and falling over a coil of telephone wire, one end of which was attached to *64one of defendant’s telephone poles. The defendant had been notified on the- day previous that its wires were down in the vicinity of the scene of the accident. On the day of, and prior to the…