NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. v. STOKES

No. 3-685-A-149.

493 N.E.2d 175 (1986)

NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Appellant (Defendant below), v. Bobbie J. STOKES, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Hanning, Eichhorn, Eichhorn & Link, Hammond, for appellant.

John M. Kopack, Merrillville, for appellee.


STATON, Presiding Judge.

On January 14, 1980, Bobbie J. Stokes (Stokes) tripped and fell over a plastic runner covering part of the floor at the Consumer Service Center owned by Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). A jury found in favor of Stokes and determined her damages to be forty-five thousand dollars.1 NIPSCO appeals, and argues that the trial court erroneously denied its motion for judgment on the evidence pursuant...

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