Ritter v. BEALS

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Carrie Ritter, from a judgment n.o.v. in favor of the defendants in an action for damages resulting from an accident. The defendants have cross-appealed, assigning error to certain rulings made during the trial.

The jury having found for the plaintiff, it is necessary first to review the record in order to determine whether the court erred in entering judgment n.o.v.

Mrs. Ritter was injured on May 27, 1956, while in the course of her employment as a practical nurse and housekeeper for the defendant Beals, who was an 84-year-old invalid confined to a wheel…