Beck v. Wings Field, Inc.

BARD, District Judge.

This is on a motion by the defendant for a new trial.

The action was brought to recover property damages and damages, for personal injuries allegedly arising out of an accident suffered by the plaintiff in landing his airplane on the defendant’s landing field. It was the plaintiff’s claim that the accident was caused by an unmarked defect in the landing field. The defendant contended that the depression or dip in the field did not cause the accident, but that the plaintiff was negligent in making his landing, which negligence caused the accident.

The jury found for the…