WELLER v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

No. 35,872.

239 Minn. 298 (1953)

JACK S. WELLER v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doherty, Rumble, Butler & Mitchell and R.J. Leonard, for appellant.

Irving H. Green, for respondent.


THOMAS GALLAGHER, JUSTICE.

Action for injuries sustained by plaintiff on September 4, 1949, when he fell between a removable stairway or ramp and a plane to which it was adjacent while embarking on the plane at defendant's airport in Chicago. The jury returned a verdict in his favor in the sum of $50,000. This is an appeal from an order denying defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

Plaintiff, a passenger on defendant...

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