Legal Opinion
Foodtown Stores, Inc. v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 27, 1968No. 1 Div. 279, 279-APublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOHN, Justice.
Mrs. Mary Patterson, appellee in 1 Div. 279, brought suit against Foodtown Stores, Inc., to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered when she slipped and fell in Foodtown Stores’ self-service grocery store in Mobile. Floyd L. Patterson, appellee in 1 Div. 279-A, brought suit for loss of his wife’s "society, consortium and service,” and for expenditures made by him, and which will be required in the future “in and about the care and treatment” of his wife.
The complaint, in each case, charges that defendant negligently permitted or caused “a bean or beans to be or…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Anjou v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Sullivan v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Birmingham Amusement Co. v. NorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Mobile City Lines, Inc. v. ProctorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- SH Kress & Company v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
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3Cited by57 opinions
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