Legal Opinion
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Copeland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1940No. 4596PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in the District Court, as the result of a jury trial, obtained a judgment for $10,000 for injuries sustained in September, 1937, when she fell on a stairway leading from the first floor to the basement of a store kept by the defendant in Durham, North. Carolina. According to the testimony on her behalf, she caught the heel of her right shoe in a loose metal strip attached to the edge of one of the steps as she was descending, and was thrown with such violence as to cause a fracture of the left femur. The theory of the suit was that the defendant was…
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- Leathers v. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Moore v. American Stores Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
- Perry v. Kelford Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
- Dorsett v. Clement-Ross Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
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