Stocking v. Sunset Square, Inc.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when she fell after stepping into a “depression” in the parking lot of defendant’s shopping center. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals from the judgment on that verdict. We affirm.

Defendant’s primary contention is that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for nonsuit and directed verdict because: (1) “[t]here is no evidence that the depression which allegedly caused Plaintiff’s fall * * * was either caused by the Defendant or its existence known by the Defendant prior to Plaintiff’s fall,”…