Johnson v. Lorraine Park Apts. Inc.

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from orders denying plaintiffs’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial in actions for personal injury and consequential damages. The actions arose from severe bums suffered by the infant plaintiff, Randall Johnson, on the morning of July 4, 1960, allegedly as a result of negligent operation of an incinerator by defendant.

At the time of the accident Randall Johnson, age 3Vi, was living with his parents in one of three small, adjacent apartment buildings in South St. Paul. In the rear of these three buildings was a common area used as a…