Brett v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

Plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries sustained when she tripped and fell in defendant’s store at 221 South State Street, in Chicago. The case was tried by a jury and a verdict of $40,000 was returned. The trial court entered a judgment for defendant notwithstanding the verdict, and also entered an order granting a conditional new trial pursuant to Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110, par. 68.1(6), which provides that the court must rule conditionally on other requested post-trial relief in the event its unconditional ruling on a portion of such requested relief is held erroneous. We proceed to…