Legal Opinion

Stais v. Sears-Roebuck & Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 28, 1954No. Appeals, 38 and 39PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

These appeals, here by special allowance, are from an order of the Superior Court affirming respective judgments for the husband and wife plaintiffs for damages occasioned each as a result of personal injuries suffered by the wife in a fall down a flight of stairs negligently maintained by the defendant company in one of its stores. Nothing more is involved than the private interests of the immediate parties to the litigation; and the relevant rule of law, which the Superior Court correctly applied in its unanimous opinion (see 174 Pa. Superior Ct. 498), is extremely simple…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stais v. Sears-Roebuck and Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  2. Kraemer v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  3. Taylor v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SlivaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Ratay v. LiuSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Williams v. BashmanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Hess v. Sun Ray Drug Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Beitch v. MishkinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

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