Welch v. Rollman & Sons Co.

OPINION

By ROSS, J.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county. The plaintiff was awarded. $6,000.00 by a jury. The action was predicated upon injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger upon an escalator, under the sole control of the defendant, which, it was alleged, suddenly jerked causing her to lose her balance and fall. It is further alleged that the defendant was negligent in not causing such escalator to stop after the plaintiff had fallen.

From the evidence, it appears that the plaintiff was a passenger upon an…