Smith v. Kedney Warehouse Co. Inc.

1 Reported in 267 N.W. 478, 269 N.W. 633. This is an action to recover for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff, an employe of the Val Blatz Brewing Company, when he fell into an open and unguarded elevator shaft on the premises of defendant warehouse company. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $15,700. The defendant moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial or for a modification of the verdict. The trial court denied the motions for judgment and a new trial but granted the motion for an order modifying the verdict. The latter motion was granted on…