Legal Opinion
Laura Larkin v. The May Department Stores Company, Successors by Consolidation to Kaufmann's Department Stores, Inc., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 7, 1958No. 12213PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, Larkin, sued The May Department Stores Company of Pittsburgh (May), successor by consolidation to Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc. (Kaufmann), alleging that she was injured seriously by a revolving door in the Kaufmann store in Pittsburgh because the door was negligently maintained by Kaufmann and was not in proper working order. Jurisdiction is based on diversity. The law of Pennsylvania governs.
About noon on July 18, 1952, Miss Larkin, who was then seventy-three years old, and five feet, eleven inches in height and weighed about two hundred pounds, left…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. Morgan & SturdivantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Johnson v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Larkin v. May Department StoresDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
3Cited by11 opinions
- Otto E. Pritchard v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Manuel Ellis v. Victor M. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Anthony J. Rossano, Jr., B/n/f Anthony J. Rossano, Sr. v. Blue Plate Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Joseph P. Makowsky, Administrator of the Estate of Albert Makowsky, Deceased v. Michael Povlick and Robert F. StegmeierCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- James A. O'neill, Administrator of the Estate of Earl F. Smith, Deceased v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
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