Legal Opinion
Richard L. Shafer and Joan H. Shafer, Husband and Wife v. The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1964No. 19123_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge:
Plaintiffs (appellants here) brought this diversity action for damages impersonal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Joan Shafer on February 9, 1962, when she tripped over a telephone cord installed by the defendant in the medical records library of Maryvale Community Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, alleging that the accident and resulting injuries were proximately caused by defendant’s negligence. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, an order was entered directing a verdict for the defendant, and final judgment was entered thereon, from which this appeal was taken.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Washington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'n v. ComptonArizona Supreme Court · 1932
- Alires v. Southern Pacific CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1963
- City of Yuma v. EvansArizona Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Essex v. New Jersey Bell Telephone CompanyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1979
- Correa v. Pecos Valley Development Corp.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1980
- Christy v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
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