Pajak v. Mamsch

Plaintiff was injured when the seat or gondola of a ferris wheel on which he was riding fell from the top of the wheel to the ground. His suit for damages resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant, the operator of the wheel, from which plaintiff appeals. As grounds for reversal it is urged (1) that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence, and (2) that certain of defendant’s given instructions constituted reversible error.

The accident occurred August 9, 1944. Plaintiff, then 22 years of age, together with two friends, Joseph Fron and Frank Laff, attended a street…