Legal Opinion

Hylton v. Shaffer's Market, Inc.

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided August 11, 1975PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’HARA, Judge.

Plaintiff left the defendant’s store carrying a box which contained some groceries and her pocketbook. Outside the store were cement car bumpers which had been installed the entire length of the store. Invitee customers had to go over or around the bumpers to enter or exit. The bumpers had been used for parking purposes, but the parking pattern had been changed, so that they apparently served no useful purpose at the time of the accident. Plaintiff tripped over one of the bumpers, fell and broke her ankle. The bumpers were 69 inches long and 7^ inches high. Plaintiff has…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Taylor v. City of CincinnatiOhio Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Mosheuvel v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Frelick v. Homeopathic Hospital Ass'n of DelawareSuperior Court of Delaware · 1959
  4. Parsons v. MackrisSupreme Court of Delaware · 1959
  5. City of Houston v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dayton v. CollisonSuperior Court of Delaware · 2019

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