Lisa v. Yale University

It is undisputed that upon the evidence the jury could properly have found that the plaintiff, shortly after 3 o’clock on the afternoon of February 22d, 1936, while walking on the defendant’s property along a semi-circular passageway to the main entrance of its institute of human relations, for the purpose of visiting a patient therein during the prescribed visiting hour, in the exercise of due care on her part, slipped and fell on ice accumulated on the walk, causing the serious injury complained of. The sole question determinative of this appeal is whether the evi dence warranted the jury’s…