Legal Opinion
Normand v. Thomas Theatre Corp.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1957No. Docket 4, Calendar 47,086PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
The defendant’s theater in Calumet opens from the street directly into the “theater lobby.” The lobby is a little over 32 feet in length and parallels the street. As the patron enters he finds the ticket office to his left, at end of the lobby, and the rest-room entryways to his right, at the other end. The theater proper is straight ahead.
About 5:50 in the afternoon of February 24, 1955, plaintiff and the presently-identified members of her family left nearby Lake Linden for Calumet, intend ing to see the movie show scheduled that evening— starting at 6:30 — by defendant. The party consisted…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
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- Bedell v. BerkeyMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
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- Feldman v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
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