LAUGHLIN v. CLEVELAND

No. 35561.

168 Ohio St. 576 (1959)

LAUGHLIN, APPELLEE, v. CITY OF CLEVELAND (CLEVELAND TRANSIT SYSTEM), APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John R. Crossen and Mr. J. W. Wursthorn, for appellee.

Messrs. Jamison, Ulrich, Hope, Johnson & Burt and Mr. Robert Fletcher, for appellant.


MATTHIAS, J.

The record shows that the trial court based its sustaining of defendant's motion for a directed verdict, made at the conclusion of plaintiff's case, upon a lack of sufficient evidence by plaintiff as to the existence of negligence on the part of defendant. Thus, the determinative issue herein is whether the trial court erred in concluding that reasonable minds could conclude, from the evidence presented, only that plaintiff had failed to introduce evidence...

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