Legal Opinion

Freddie Pauline Pearrow v. National Life and Accident Insurance Company, D/B/A Opryland USA

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 12, 1983No. 82-1979PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

On April 27,1979, plaintiff Freddie Pear-row slipped and fell on the floor of the Hospitality Suite at Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee. The fall resulted in a broken arm. Pearrow, a resident of Arkansas, sued defendant National Life and Accident Insurance Co. (National), alleging that National owned and operated Opryland and that National’s employees at Opryland had negligently waxed the floor, as a result of which Pearrow had fallen and broken her arm. National moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, and the district court 1 granted the motion. For…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  3. Weinberg v. COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, INCORPORATEDDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1963
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