Legal Opinion
McWhirter v. Otis Elevator Co.
District Court, W.D. South Carolina
Decided August 12, 1941No. C. A. 201PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, District Judge.
This is an action by the plaintiff against the defendant for the recovery of damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained from a fall down an elevator shaft in the building of the Marion Sims Memorial Hospital at Lancaster, South Carolina, which plaintiff claims was caused by various acts of negligence on the part of the defendant. The answer of the defendant sets up several defenses, included in which are those designated as the fifth and sixth defenses, which are based upon a written agreement alleged to have been executed by plaintiff, in which it is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Holland v. Southern Public Utilities Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
- Pendleton v. Columbia Ry., G. E. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Brandstein v. Ironbound Transportation Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1934
- Colby v. WalkerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1934
- Boyden v. BoydenSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1929
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3Cited by33 opinions
- United States v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- American Fidelity & Casualty Co., Inc. v. All American Bus Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Doremus Ex Rel. Rentz v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
- Yorkshire Ins. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Moore v. HechingerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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