Legal Opinion
Orvis v. Brickman
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 6, 1952No. 10987PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment and two orders in a civil action for false imprisonment.
Early on the morning of December 29, 1947, appellant cut her right wrist with a razor blade. According to her statements she was attempting to pare a callus on her foot. The blood came freely and in spurts, indicating that an artery had been cut. Some forty or fifty minutes later she called a superior at her office and told him that she would be unable to come to work that day and requested that he report her as being sick. As her voice seemed to be somewhat hoarse and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Cooper v. O'CONNORCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Warner v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Laughlin v. RosenmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Gibson v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by31 opinions
- The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. KeoghCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Melvin Carter v. John R. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Morgan v. SylvesterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- District of Columbia v. ThompsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Rinieri v. ScanlonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
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