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STAPLEMAN v. ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER

No. 43502.

205 N.W.2d 677 (1973)

Eva STAPLEMAN, Respondent, v. ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahoney, Dougherty, Angell & Mahoney, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Berndt & Overson, Mankato, for respondent.

John V. Norton, Stillwater, Robert M. Wattson, and Robins, Davis & Lyons, St. Paul (for Minn. Trial Lawyers Assoc.), amicus curiae.

Heard and considered en banc.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals from the judgment entered following denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding a special verdict or for a new trial.

Plaintiff, while on defendant's premises as a licensee, tripped and fell over the base of a coatrack. The jury awarded her damages and apportioned the negligence 80 percent to defendant and 20 percent to plaintiff. We reverse and hold that plaintiff's negligence...

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