Legal Opinion

Lehman v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 25, 1957No. 2026PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Mrs. Lehman and her husband appeal from an adverse judgment in an action by them for damages resulting from injuries sustained by her from a fall in one of appellee’s, stores. According to her testimony and the findings of the trial court, she entered the store to purchase a quart of milk and some other articles, and after obtaining the milk at the dairy counter she turned, took two or three steps and' then fell over an empty wire milk crate. This crate was approximately one foot square and ten or twelve inches high and would hold twelve cartons of milk. It was directly…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  2. Ewing v. GoodeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1897
  3. Rawls v. Hochschild, Kohn & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
  4. Moore v. American Stores Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
  5. Tobin v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Joffre v. Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
  2. Myers v. GaitherDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
  3. Hemmen v. Clark's Restaurant EnterprisesWashington Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Barlow v. RocheDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
  5. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY v. DonovanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958

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