Ramsey v. Mellon National Bank & Trust Co.

WEBER, Distl'iet Judge.

This is a diversity negligence case arising from a fall on August 18, 1961 by wife plaintiff on the premises of defendant Bank, when the heel of her shoe became caught in one of the small holes of a rubber door mat placed immediately outside the entrance of the bank. The jury returned a verdict in the total amount of $20,000 for both plaintiffs, and defendant now moves for Judgment N.O.V.

The statement of the facts of the accident set forth in the opinion of Judge Rosenberg reported in D.C., 231 F.Supp. 1, recites substantially the same evidence as was produced at the…