Liebman v. Scott

SHARPE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment non obstante veredicto rendered in favor of ap-pellee, Morin Scott, d/b/a Tidelands Motor Inn, defendant below, and against James Liebman, plaintiff below.

Liebman sued Scott for damages on account of personal injuries sustained on March 20, 1960, when he walked through a glass sliding door in Room 161 at the Tidelands Motor Inn, Houston, Texas, where he was a paying guest.

In response to nine special issues the jury found that Scott failed to use such appropriate design of the sliding glass door providing entrance and exit from Room 161 as…