Legal Opinion
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. James C. Combs Et Ux. Louella Combs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1960No. 17809_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
This is a slip-and-fall case.
Mrs. Louella Combs was shopping in a Safeway Store in El Paso, Texas, when she stepped into a puddle of ketchup that had spilled on the floor from a broken bottle. Mr. and Mrs. Combs sued Safeway Stores, Inc., alleging that the defendant was negligent in creating a hazardous condition; in failing to remove the ketchup or in failing to isolate the hazardous condition by placing a barrier around the ketchup; in failing to warn Mrs. Combs of the presence of the ketchup; and in allowing the ketchup to remain on the floor in the immediate vicinity…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Standard Oil Company of California v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Houston Oxygen Co. v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Moen v. ChestnutWashington Supreme Court · 1941
- Carter Products, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Thompson v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Sidney Levine and Mpd Film Productions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. CalawayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- National Labor Relations Board v. Tex-Tan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Caisson Corporation v. Ingersoll-Rand CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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