Walch v. Weber & Ritter Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court upon a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $10,000 in an action for personal injuries resulting from a dogbite.

The respondent accompanied her former husband to the appellant’s place of business for the purpose of having a hog slaughtered. A dog owned by the appellant bit the respondent on the right thigh as she was leaving the slaughterhouse causing her to fall in resisting the dog, sustaining injuries to her neck, low back and right leg.

The appellant contends the admission of medical testimony relative to a nerve injury and…