Mitchell v. Scharf

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

The appeal in this trespass action is from judgment n.o.v. entered by the court below after the jury awarded plaintiff damages for personal injuries sustained in the home of defendants, the basis for the n.o.v. being the failure of the plaintiff to prove negligence on the part of defendants.

Plaintiff was hired by defendants as a domestic worker for one day. She was instructed to do some miscellaneous household chores and then some laundry. Since she was not familiar with the operation of defendants’ clothes dryer, she was instructed to hang the various articles on…