Legal Opinion

Gulas v. Ratliff

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 7, 1968No. 6 Div. 335, 335-APublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

Defendant appeals from two judgments, for two plaintiffs, which were rendered on verdicts of the jury in two actions which were consolidated and tried together.

In one case, the plaintiff sued to recover for personal injuries which she sustained when she slipped and fell while entering defendant’s restaurant. In the other case, the husband of the plaintiff in the first .case sued for expenses he incurred and for •loss of the services and society of his wife.

The right to recover is based on defendant’s alleged breach of his duty as a shopkeeper to exercise reasonable care to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. S. S. Kresge Co. v. FaderOhio Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Standard Oil Co. v. GentrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  3. Cox v. GoldsteinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  4. Bodine v. the Goerke Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1926
  5. Bersch v. Holton Street State BankWisconsin Supreme Court · 1945

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. DELCHAMPS, INCORPORATED v. StewartCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  2. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. v. LaxsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  3. Terrell v. Warehouse GroceriesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  4. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  5. Weidenhaft v. Shoppers Fair of Des Moines, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1969

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