Legal Opinion
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Scroggins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1944No. 12701PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages to William Scroggins for personal injuries suffered as a result of a fall over boxes which had been placed in the aisle of defendant’s store by its employees.
On the morning of. May 29, 1941, at a few minutes past 10 o’clock, plaintiff, William Scroggins, his two sons, Bill and Joe, and a friend, William Reiter, entered the Sears Roebuck store on Grand Avenue in St. Louis and descended the stairway leading to the basement so that one of the sons might purchase some paint and a gadget for putting pin stripes on an…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- McGivern v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Alma Stofer v. Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
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