Trimble v. Olympic Tavern, Inc.

The plaintiff, Beverly Trimble, appeals from a jury verdict entered in favor of the defendant, Olympic Tavern, Inc., doing business as the Olympic Tavern, where the plaintiff fell and was injured. On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the court erred in: (1) granting the defendant’s motion in limine barring evidence of prior occurrences; (2) refusing a nonpattern instruction tendered by the plaintiff concerning a landowner’s duty of care; and (3) admitting two climatological reports into evidence and allowing the exhibits to go to the jury during deliberations.

On June 9, 1989, at approximately…