Legal Opinion
F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 21, 1934No. 7208PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Clevie Wilson sued F. W. Wool worth Company because of a slowly developing but serious bodily injury which she claimed resulted from swallowing some glass in an ice cream soda furnished her, and recovered a verdict for $7,500; the company appealing. The suit was in two counts, one charging negligence in the preparation and service of the ice cream soda, the other asserting an implied warranty that the food purchased by her was fit to be eaten. The defense was general denial, contributory negligence in swallowing the glass after feeling it in her mouth, and in not…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Graves v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Black & White Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab & Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- New York Central Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Friend v. Childs Dining Hall Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Faught Ex Rel. Faught v. WashamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. WoelfleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- Horn v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1964
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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