Legal Opinion
Rankin v. S. S. Kresge Co.
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided June 13, 1945No. 59-FPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiff was painfully injured when she slipped upon a foreign substance on the floor and fell as she was leaving defendant’s store at Parkersburg, West Virginia, on May 8, 1944. She is fifty-five years of age and employed at the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue. She fractured a ligament in her left foot causing her to lose two months from work. For six weeks her leg from the knee down was in a plaster pads cast. The jury awarded her $750, a very conservative amount of damages, considering the injuries sus-t tained. Defendant has moved to set aside…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Markman v. Fred P. Bell Stores Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Eyerly v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1935
- Conowingo Power Co. v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Reynolds v. W. T. Grant Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
- Greenley v. Miller's, IncorporatedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Marie E. Pogue and William T. Pogue v. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Mahoney v. JC Penney CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- Viands v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- Agnes Rodenbur v. Helen J. KaufmannCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- S. S. Kresge Co. v. RankinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1945
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