Legal Opinion
Inez Lyons v. J. C. Penney Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 11, 1963No. 13888_1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity personal injury action 1 231 with a $2,500.00 verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Penney has appealed.
Plaintiff was injured in Penney’s department store jn Evansville, Indiana. She was walking, ahead of her husband, from behind a curtain-cutting counter to a thread counter in the store. When she stepped into the aisle leading to the thread counter, her ankle struck a mannequin platform located in the middle of the aisle. She fell to the floor and was injured.
Penney admits plaintiff was its business invitee, that the aisle was primarily for the use and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. v. CustinIndiana Supreme Court · 1938
- J. C. Penney, Inc. v. KellermeyerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1939
- Parker v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Ruth B. Ziegler, Also Known as Ruth Besgrove Ziegler v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
3Cited by1 opinion
- Edith Tyrell v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968