Bartlett v. Hantover

— The Court of Appeals, Division One, affirmed a jury award against a defendant motel owner in favor of his plaintiff employee for gunshot wounds inflicted by a third person upon the plaintiff while he was at work.

There are three issues raised on appeal to this court. The first is whether the trial court erred in permitting evidence of subsequent installation of bulletproof glass in the manager’s desk area when there was no issue of fact as to either dominion, control or feasibility of the alterations. The second is the propriety of the instruction on the subject of lost earnings and lost…