Betz v. Glaser

WOLFE, Judge.

This is an action for damages arising out of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when he fell from a ladder while engaged in cutting a limb from a tree. He charged that he was caused to fall by the defendant going under the tree at the time the limb was about to fall, and that in attempting to grab the limb he lost his balance. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, but the court sustained the defendant’s motion for a judgment in accordance with her prior motion for a directed verdict, and entered a judgment for the defendant. From the judgment so entered the plaintiff…