Legal Opinion
Mrs. Olive Dindo v. Grand Union Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 16, 1964No. 248, Docket 27714PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARSHALL, Circuit Judge:
While shopping in the Grand Union supermarket in Barre, Vermont on December 10, 1959, plaintiff Dindo was struck on her left shoulder by a 28-ounce can of pork and beans which fell from the top shelf of a display counter. She sued the Grand Union Company for her resulting injuries, and recovered a $12,-500 verdict, which Grand Union now seeks to overturn, asserting insufficiency of evidence to sustain the verdict, ex-cessiveness of the verdict and prejudicial errors in the conduct of the trial.
The evidence on how the accident happened was quite uncomplicated. Mrs.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Duchaine, B.N.F. v. RaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1939
- Bliss v. Moore StoughtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
- Hutchinson v. KnowlesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1936
- Wilbur v. TourangeauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1950
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