Legal Opinion
Devlin v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 9, 1964PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERLANDS, District Judge.
In this personal injury action, the jury having returned a verdict of $10,000 in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant has moved to set aside the verdict as excessive and contrary to the law.
Because the factual issues submitted to the jury are somewhat unusual, the Court now accompanies its disposition of the motion with this expression of opinion.
The case was tried to the jury on a claim charging negligence in two basic respects:(1) The plaintiff was injured as she was about to leave the defendant’s supermarket, through a door properly marked “exit only” and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Barry v. EdmundsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Bucher v. KrauseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Southern Pac. Co. v. GuthrieCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Meehan v. Central Railroad Company of New JerseyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
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