Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided March 27, 1945PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEder, J.
Action in negligence. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The defendant operates a chain of self-service food stores. With respect to certain departments like groceries and packaged goods the customers make their own selections from the shelves and counters; no store clerks áre employed to serve them. This self-service plan of merchandising is an innovation apparently originating with the defendant and is now in wide and extensive use by others, so much so, that it has" become a matter of common knowledge; thousands of persons patronize this type of establishment daily and it is…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McCloskey Ex Rel. McCloskey v. KoplarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Hart v. Emery-Bird-Thayer Dry Goods Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1938
- Van Horn v. Pacific Refining & Roofing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1915
- Gerbino v. Greenhut-Siegel-Cooper Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Higgins v. RuppertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Pilie v. National Food Stores of Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Bridgman v. Safeway Stores, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1960
- Cameron v. H. C. Bohack Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
- Francois v. American Stores Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
- Robinson v. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
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