Legal Opinion
City of Decatur v. Parham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 19, 1959No. 8 Div. 910PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
This is a suit by Estelle Parham against the City of Decatur to recover damages for personal injuries which are alleged to have resulted from an electric shock that she received on the afternoon of July 24, 1956, when her right arm came in contact with an electric hair dryer affixed to a wall in a dressing room in a bathhouse owned and maintained by the City of Decatur in connection with its operation of a municipally owned swimming pool.
The plaintiff’s amended complaint, on which the cause went to the jury, consisted of six counts, numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The defendant…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Hoffman v. City of BristolSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Melker v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Sullivan v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Speir v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Cook v. City of AnamosaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- City of Foley v. TerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Town of Mulga v. Town of MaytownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Dixon v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
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