Legal Opinion
Sleek v. J. C. Penney Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 15322PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, District Judge.
On January 5, 1955, plaintiff, then 52 years of age, suffered a fall in defendant’s department store. On January 3, 1957, she filed her complaint charging defendant with negligence. At the conclusion of a five day trial and after deliberating ten hours, the jury found for the plaintiff and awarded her damages in the sum of $10,000.00.
She has a lengthy history of illness and one serious injury from a fall which occurred in the year 1949. According to her physicians, her obesity was the cause of much of her illness. At the time of trial in January, 1962, she weighed 180…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Vorbnoff v. Mesta Machine Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Rinaldi v. LevineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Magee v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Josephine Ann Sleek v. J. C. Penney Company, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Riesberg v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Jones v. JarvisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Smith v. Pressed Steel Tank Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- United States v. TaylorDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Kramer D. Arnold, Administrator of the Estate of Howard A. Brown, Deceased v. Emily F. Loose, of the Estate of Warren L. Loose, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Kramer D. Arnold, Administrator of the Estate of Howard A. Brown, Deceased v. Emily F. Loose, of the Estate of Warren L. Loose, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965