City of Phoenix v. Brown

PHELPS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in accordance with the jury’s verdict against the defendant-appellant, the City of Phoenix, and in favor of the plaintiffsappellees, Margaret Brown and her husband, Lonnie W. Brown, and from the order denying the city’s motion for a new trial. The suit was brought by Margaret Brown, with her husband being joined as plaintiff, to recover money damages for injuries received as a result of a fall she suffered on a downtown city street. Margaret Brown will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiff and the defendant-appellant as the city.

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