Legal Opinion
George Dickerson v. Shepard Warner Elevator Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1961No. 14166PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
This cause was tried in the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Plaintiff-appellant George Dickerson takes this appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict directed for defendant-appellee Shepard Warner Elevator Company at the close of all the evidence. The district judge held that there was not sufficient evidence of negligence of defendant to submit the issue to the jury.
On July 16, 1957, Dickerson, an elevator operator at the Cincinnati Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, while there operating an elevator, was crushed between the elevator and a fire door when…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Hamden Lodge No. 517 v. Ohio Fuel Gas Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1934
- Lovas v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Wilkeson v. Erskine & Son, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Alman Brothers Farms & Feed Mill, Inc. v. Diamond Laboratories, Inc., and Southwestern Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Theodore A. Harris, Father and Next Friend of Patrick Harris, a Minor v. Richard D. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Bobby M. Ponder v. Warren Tool Corporation and Patch Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Twin City Plaza, Inc. v. Central Surety And Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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