Kernor v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Sullivan, P. J. A. D.,

Temporarily Assigned. Plaintiff Mary R. Kernor sued for serious injuries she received in a fall on a public sidewalk on Richards Avenue in Dover, N. J. The sidewalk abutted a parking lot used and maintained by defendant Now Jersey Bell Telephone Co., Inc. (Bell). Following a jury trial plaintiff, and her husband suing per quod were awarded damages totalling $58,267 and costs against Bell. On appeal, the Appellate Division in an unreported opinion held that Bell’s motions for dismissal, made during trial and following the jury…