Legal Opinion
Albers v. Church of the Nazarene
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 17, 1983No. 82-1647PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff in a personal-injury case from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for the defendants. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. The applicable substantive law is that of Illinois.
In 1976 the plaintiff, Sarah Albers, age 5 — a professional model despite her youth— was attending the Lombard Church of the Nazarene Day Care Center. There was a tree with low branches in the center’s playground. Testifying years later at the trial, Sarah, the only witness to the accident, described what happened: “I had a pail, and I put…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kahn v. James Burton Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1955
- Davis v. Marathon Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Corcoran v. Village of LibertyvilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Evra Corp. v. Swiss Bank Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Johnson v. PendergastIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Scott Davis, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee, Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, Defendant-Cross-Appellant, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Griffith v. Keystone Steel and WireDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1995
- Deltak, Inc. v. Advanced Systems, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- Jamierson v. DaleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial SchoolDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1998
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