Keilhamer v. West Coast Telephone Co.

Mary E. Keilhamer and her husband brought this action to recover for personal injuries which they alleged she sustained from a telephone receiver “through the defendant negligently causing or negligently permitting a severe shock, electric impulse or tremendous vibration to come into her ear, head and body. . . . ” A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs. Timely motions by the defendant for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were severally denied. Defendant also moved for a new trial, but, when the motion came on for hearing, it was…