Legal Opinion
Helen J. Stoleson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1983No. 82-1714PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal brings before us for the second time the celebrated case of Helen Stoleson and her “dynamite heart.” See, e.g., Time, July 12, 1971, at 41. The issues on appeal this time concern the causal relationship, if any, between the defendant’s now conceded negligence and the symptoms that Mrs. Stoleson has continued to experience long after the elimination of their organic cause.
Mrs. Stoleson, now 64 years old, began working in a federal munitions plant in Wisconsin in 1967 as an employee of the contractor operating the plant. Within a few months she began…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Helen J. Stoleson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Robert L. Abernathy and Joyce Abernathy v. Superior Hardwoods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Vosburg v. PutneyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
- Butzow v. Wausau Memorial HospitalWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
- Howard v. Mt. Sinai Hospital, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Beatrice WILLIAMSON, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. HANDY BUTTON MACHINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Donald R. Parrett v. City of Connersville, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Celia G. Zimmerman v. Direct Federal Credit Union and David BreslinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Kimberly Turic v. Holland Hospitality, Inc., D/B/A Holiday Inn and Conference Center of Holland, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
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