Bowerman v. Greenberg

This is a damage action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall on a rubberized mat, stripped and woven together with wire, that is spread before the entrance into the defendants’ store at 1518 Farnam street in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, a motion for a directed verdict was sustained. Motion for a new trial was overruled. The plaintiff appeals.

The record discloses that the plaintiff, a widow, employed in a clerical position at the Supreme Council of the Woodmen Circle for about the past eight years, left her place of…