Legal Opinion
Dolores Howard v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 1998No. 98-1781PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We have before us a charming miniature of a case. In 1993 Dolores Howard, age 65, slipped and fell in a puddle of liquid soap that someone — no one knows who — had spilled on the floor of the aisle in a Wal-Mart store in Cahokia, Illinois. She was injured, and brought suit against Wal-Mart in an Illinois state court; the defendant removed the case to federal district court. At the time the suit was brought and removed, there was enough possibility that Howard’s injury was severe (the injured leg had become infected) to lift the case just over the then $50,000 threshold for…
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- Dennis Anderson v. Gilberto Romero and Arthur DouglasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Donoho v. O'Connell's, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1958
- Smith v. Rapid Transit Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Culli v. Marathon Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Wind v. Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1995
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- Donald D. Lane v. Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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