Heathcoate v. Bisig

PALMORE, Judge.

Herb Heathcoate, d/b/a Wyandotte Cafe, appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding Louis Henry Bisig $6,869.56 for personal injuries inflicted on Bisig at Heathcoate’s place of business. His principal contention is that he was entitled to a directed verdict.

The Wyandotte Cafe is a bar in Louisville. The events out of which this litigation arose took place around or shortly after midnight on a Saturday night in July of 1967. Bisig had been to the trotting races and went to the Wyandotte just before midnight. Several other people were there, some standing…