Burns v. West Chemical Products, Inc.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff $30,000 for an injury he sustained when, as a business invitee on the defendant’s premises, he slipped and fell, allegedly due to the defendant’s negligence in maintaining the property. In this appeal the defendant sets forth several reasons why the judgment should be reversed, among which are: (1) that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law, (2) that there was no evidence that the defendant failed to exercise due care for the plaintiff’s safety, and (3) that there was no competent evidence that tire…