Householder v. Prudential Insurance

Plaintiff appeals from a directed verdict entered in favor of defendant, The Prudential Insurance Company, at the close of plaintiff’s evidence.

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint contained two counts. Count I alleged that defendant, The Prudential Insurance Company, as owner and operator of an escalator on its premises “so carelessly and negligently operated its escalator so as to cause it to shake, jerk, make noises, and move in a ‘bouncing’ fashion, thereby causing the plaintiff’s body to come into contact with the escalator” and that Prudential “was guilty of negligence in that it caused…