Bethay v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming trial judge’s decision to grant directed verdict after closing arguments and suggesting that any time prior to a jury’s verdict is permissible
• no witness to boy’s fall to death down elevator shaft; evidence of landlord’s negligence sufficient
• whether ten-year old appreciated danger of playing on top of elevator is for jury, not court, to decide
• whether ten-year old appreciated danger of playing on top of elevator is for jury, not court, to decide
• \The question of a child's appreciation of danger is ordinarily one for the jury and not the court\
• “The question of a child’s appreciation of danger is ordinarily one for the jury and not the court”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).