Lustine-Nicholson Motor Company, Inc. v. Ernest Petzal

In an action for damages for personal injury the jury returned a verdict of $12,000 for injuries sustained when ap-pellee was leaving appellant’s Hyattsville, Maryland, garage, where he had come to have his car repaired. The injury was sustained when his head struck or was struck by a large, electrically actuated overhead door. This much is undisputed. It is also undisputed that appellee walked out almost on the heels of appellant’s mechanic, who was going out to look at appellee’s car.

It is appellee’s theory of the case and that upon which the verdict rests, that the door was completely open…