Henze v. Texaco, Inc.

WIEAND, Judge:

Virgina Henze fell when she tripped over a threshold which had become loose in the doorway to the office of a Texaco service station operated by David Rice. The service station was owned by Leo and Rose Pancari, but the same had been leased to Texaco, Inc. and sublet to David Rice, t/a Rice’s Texaco. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, Henze alleged that the threshold had been negligently maintained. A jury apportioned negligence as follows: Mrs. Henze — 35%; Texaco, Inc. — 52%; David Rice — 13%. 1 Texaco’s motions for judgment n.o.v. and for a new trial were…