Ackerberg v. Muskegon Osteopathic Hospital

Plaintiff sued defendant hospital for damages growing out of certain injuries he received on October 23,1958, as a result of falling from a platform located in front of the emergency entrance to defendant hospital.. The case was tried by a jury and a directed verdict was entered against plaintiff by the trial judge at the close of plaintiff’s proofs.

The question on appeal is, should the court have granted a motion for a directed verdict against plaintiff of no cause of action at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case?

Plaintiff had been in the emergency room of defendant hospital securing medical…