Legal Opinion · Dissent

Lokar v. Church of the Sacred Heart

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 24, 1957Published

1DissentJacobs, J.

On Sunday, February 8, Mrs. Lokar and her husband attended the eleven o’clock Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Mt. Ephraim. At twelve o’clock she, along with the other parishioners, left by way of a side door which led to a narrow sidewalk and a wide driveway, each paralleling the church structure. She testified that “the sidewalk was filled with people” and that she “followed with the crowd” along the driveway. When she approached the chain which had been placed at the entrance of the driveway to prevent vehicular traffic, she veered towards the sidewalk and had no intention of…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  3. Bing v. ThunigNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  4. Woods v. LancetNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
  5. President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942

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