Pasour v. Pierce

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this personal injury action against the designers and owners of an office building. Upon leaving the building, plaintiff suffered a broken ankle when her heel caught on a step-off at the front entranceway. Defendants denied negligence and alleged that the plaintiff had been contributorily negligent. After a jury trial, plaintiff was awarded $25,000. On appeal, defendants’ assignments of error concern the trial court’s refusal to allow argument regarding certain evidentiary inferences, the admissibility of certain expert opinion testimony, the trial court’s…