Legal Opinion
Pratt v. Womack
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 24, 1961No. 38910PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Justice.
Defendants appeal from judgment on verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $5,-000 as and for damages for alleged bodily injuries caused by a stack of canned goods in defendants’ grocery store falling on plaintiff’s foot.
Defendants first contend, in Proposition I, that there was no evidence of negligence on the part of defendants, in that there was no testimony that defendants “stacked canned goods extremely high, at approximately six or seven feet, and in an awkward and crooked manner,” as alleged in the petition. In this connection, it is argued that the cans could have been…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Southern Drilling Co. v. DaleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Redman v. McDanielSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- M & P Stores, Inc. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Tweed v. First National Bldg. Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
- JC Penney Company v. CampbellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Pilie v. National Food Stores of Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Lingerfelt v. Winn-Dixie Texas, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- Matchen v. McGaheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
- JC Penney Company v. BarrientezSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
- Propst v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
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