Bell v. Ward

SIMS, Justice.

For convenience the parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court. Plaintiff sued defendant for $20,660 damages that the petition averred she sustained by reason of inhaling ammonia gas while a customer in Besten & Langen’s store in Louisville, which she contends defendant negligently permitted to escape from a refrigerator condenser it was removing from the basement of the store. The jury returned a verdict for defendant and plaintiff seeks a reversal because: 1. The verdict is palpably against the weight of the evidence ; 2. the court should have directed a…