Eva P. De Foe v. Benjamin Duhl, Isidore Suchman, Paul Gaier, and Sol Berger

In this tort action for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment in her favor and from the denial of her motion for a new trial, primarily upon the ground that the damages fixed by the verdict were inadequate.

The plaintiff fell down some outside steps leading from the laundry of the apartment building in which she was one of the tenants. She testified the outside lights were out, her theory being that the fall was caused by the negligence of the owners in permitting the outside lights to be and remain unlit. Her theory was accepted by the jury, for’ it brought in a verdict in…