Stankowitz v. Goldblatt Bros., Inc.

This is a personal injury action. Plaintiff was burned by exposed electrical wires connected with a water cooler which defendant maintained for its customers. Defendant appeals from a $5600 verdict and judgment, contending the trial court erred in denying its post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

On July 12, 1957, plaintiff, then a two and one-half-year-old child, accompanied her mother to defendant’s department store in Chicago. While looking at merchandise, the mother heard the child scream and found her next to an electric water cooler. Plaintiff’s…