Raatikka v. Jones

Plaintiffs were no-caused by a jury following trial of their negligence action against defendant. They moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a new trial, alleging several errors in the charge to the jury. From the trial court’s denial of that motion, they bring this appeal.

We find that plaintiffs failed to preserve their claims of error by timely objections to the instructions. However, we find that the instruction on the controlling issue of the extent of a landlord’s duty to repair defective premises was erroneous, and we reverse for a new trial to…