Weigand v. General Outdoor Advertising Co.

On February 7, 1928, Mrs. Robert Weigand, while walking across Royal street at the Canal street intersection, was struck on the head by a falling object known as a “light cap,” which fell from the top of an adjacent building admittedly as the result of negligence on the part of defendant’s employees, who were engaged in installing colored “caps” in an advertising sign.

The particular cap which hit Mrs. Weigand weighed four' ounces and had fallen from a height of about 50 feet. Mrs. Weigand claims the sum of $6,000 to compensate her for physical injuries and mental anguish and worry, and Mr.…