Gryning v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1918, No. 4000, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edward T. Gryning v. Philadelphia. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Finletter, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $15,000, upon which judgment was entered for $12,000, all above that amount having been remitted. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 53, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1918, No. 4000, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edward T. Gryning v. Philadelphia. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Finletter, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $15,000, upon which judgment was entered for $12,000, all above that amount having been remitted. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was dismissal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v., quoting the record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
At about one o’clock on the morning of February 2, 1918, plaintiff, while walking eastwardly, on the north side of Market street, near the west line of Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, fell and was seriously injured. The evidence was tO' the effect that his fall resulted from coming in contact with a large ridge of ice, three or four inches in thickness, which extended across the sidewalk and had been there for three weeks. It was a clear cold night and the walks in places were covered with ice, as plaintiff had observed while coming down from Twentieth street.…
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