Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Deakins

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Latimer

Reversing.

Appellee, Rebecca Deakins, instituted this action against appellant, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, wherein she sought damages on account of disfigurement of her face due to the negligence of appellant. Upon trial she obtained judgment in the sum of $7,094.40.

Appellant is here seeking reversal of that judgment on the following grounds: (1) The court erred in failing to sustain defendant’s motion for a peremptory instruction in its favor at the end of the plaintiff’s evidence, and again at the conclusion of all the evidence,…