Lehtola v. Brown Nevada Corporation

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

Mr. and Mrs. Lehtola received jury verdicts for $13,-500, and $5,000, respectively, which were set aside by the trial court and a judgment notwithstanding the verdicts was entered for the defendant Brown Nevada Corp. This appeal by the Lehtolas followed.

They were guests of the Nevada Inn, a motel in Reno. Upon returning to their motel room late at night, Mrs. Lehtola tripped and fell over a concrete curb or bumper strip in front of the cars parked in front of the motel units, fracturing her hip. Hospitalization, surgery and prolonged care ensued. Her damage…