McIntyre v. M. & K. Department Store, Inc.

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff, a business invitee, slipped and fell while on defendant’s premises, and brought this action to recover damages for the injuries she sustained. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $4,000. The court sustained defendant’s motion for judgment in accordance with its motion for a directed verdict on the grounds that plaintiff had failed to make a submissible case, and in the alternative sustained defendant’s motion for a new trial. Plaintiff’s appeal followed.

We review the evidence from a standpoint favorable to…