Dye v. Peterson

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

This is a suit for personal injuries. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the Court directed a verdict and entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed.

It is plaintiff’s theory and her petition charges that defendant failed to provide her with a safe place in which to work and negligently placed rolls of linoleum close to an aisle along which she walked, and that a roll of linoleum fell upon and injured her. Defendant introduced no evidence and contends, (a) that defendant was not guilty of negligence; (b) that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence;…