James Hansen v. Schmidman Properties

Action to recover damages for personal injuries incurred by plaintiff when he fell on the apron of a driveway outside defendants'
place of business. Trial was to a jury. When the parties rested defendants moved for a directed verdict. The trial court reserved
its ruling and submitted a special verdict to the jury. By the special verdict defendants were found to have been causally
negligent in not maintaining the driveway apron in a safe condition. Plaintiff was found not to be guilty of contributory
negligence. He was awarded $10,120.77 damages. The trial court then turned his attention to defendants' previous motion for a directed verdict, granted the motion, set
aside the verdict, and by judgment dismissed plaintiff's action on the merits. Plaintiff has appealed.