Legal Opinion
Pfeifer v. Standard Gateway Theater, Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1951PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGehl, J.
We consider that the testimony presented an issue for the jury. The duty of the defendant theater owner is stated in Restatement, 2 Torts, p. 949, sec. 346:
“A possessor of land is subject to liability to others who are privileged to enter it for a public or private purpose, irrespective of his consent, for bodily harm there caused to them by his failure, after he knows or from facts within his knowledge should know of their presence on the land, to con duct his activities thereon with reasonable care for their safety.”
The testimony of plaintiff and other witnesses that the boys in the theater…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schubart v. Hotel Astor, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1938
- Tantillo v. Goldstein Brothers Amusement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Fortier v. Hibernian Building Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Platt v. Erie County Agricultural SocietyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Emerson v. Riverview Rink & BallroomWisconsin Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Pfeifer v. Standard Gateway Theater, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
- Connolly v. Nicollet HotelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Fisher v. RobbinsWyoming Supreme Court · 1957
- Mayer v. Housing Auth. of Jersey CityNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964
- Noble v. Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1985
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