Martin v. Cline

JUDGE SCHEINEMAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

While visiting his grandfather’s drug store, plaintiff, a child of 14 months, removed a bottle of sulphuric acid from a shelf, dropped it, and was burned severely. The jury, answering a special interrogatory, found the defendant grandfather guilty of wilful and wanton misconduct and returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $7,500, upon which judgment was entered. Motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were denied.

Defendant contends that as a matter of law he was not guilty of wilful and…