Perrault v. Emporium Department Store Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Grady, J., entered November 11, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a department store elevator.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action for damages, suffered by the plaintiff in attempting to step into an elevator owned and operated by the defendant in its department store. The case is here for the second time on appéal. On the first trial, the plaintiff recovered a judgment for $800. A new trial was granted on the ground that the damages awarded were so inadequate as to show that the jury in reaching the verdict was influenced by passion and prejudice. In the course of the first trial, the defendant moved for a nonsuit, for a directed verdict, and for judgment non obstante. These motions were all overruled.…
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