Legal Opinion
Brown v. Arlen Management Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1981No. 81-1167PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
Bessie Lee (“Mrs. Brown”) and Willie Brown (“Mr. Brown”), Plaintiffs-Appellees, sued Spartan Department Stores and Atlantic Thrift Centers (“Spartan-Atlantic”), and various corporate management entities which owned or managed Spartan-Atlantic, in a personal injury action seeking to recover damages for injuries Mrs. Brown allegedly sustained as a result of a fall at a Spartan-Atlantic store in Dallas, Texas. The suit was based on diversity of citizenship. Following discovery, two trials were held. The first resulted in a mistrial; in the second, a jury awarded Mr. and Mrs. Brown $145,000 in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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