Terry v. Bornstein

Brown, Jr., J.,

This case is before us on defendants’ motions for a new trial and judgment n. o. v., following a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $3,000.

On November 23, 1929, the plaintiff was employed as service manager by Selmi Brothers, automobile dealers, at 4730-32 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, which was leased by them from the defendants. He was taking a customer’s automobile for repairs from the first to the second floor on the elevator used for that purpose, and when the bottom of the elevator was 6 feet below the level of the second floor, the wooden posts supporting the…