Barnthouse v. California Steel Buildings Co.

BROWN (R.M.), J.

This appeal is taken from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding $10,000 to Nancy Jo Barnthouse, a female minor child, as damages for personal injuries resulting from falling through openings between the seat board and the backrest and behind the top row of grandstand seats at the Madera County Fairgrounds to the ground 30 feet below. Defendants-appellants, California Steel Buildings, Inc., a corporation, and its predecessor, California Steel Buildings Company, a copartnership, raised two issues on appeal, (1) the evidence is insufficient as a matter of law to support…