Legal Opinion
Patterson v. F.W. Woolworth Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1986No. Nos. 84-1917, 84-1857 and 84-1890PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Beverly Patterson, Mary Medina, and David Keleher, plaintiffs below, appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants F.W. Woolworth Co., d/b/a Woolco Department Store (Woolworth) and Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Co. (Lakewood). Plaintiffs brought this products liability action to recover damages resulting from a fire in Patterson’s home which killed her three children and two other children, and which extensively damaged both personal and real property.
In their complaints, plaintiffs alleged that an electric fan that Woolworth sold to Patterson was defective and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Seely v. White Motor Co.California Supreme Court · 1965
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1970
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Jimmie Wilmington v. J.I. Case Company, Jimmie Wilmington v. J.I. Case CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Ortiz-MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Electric Motor Supply, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1999
- Clair W. BURKE, Appellee, v. DEERE & COMPANY, A/K/A John Deere Company, a Delaware Corporation, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Sharon Lee Long v. Laramie County Community College District Rodney Southworth Richard Williams Robert Schliske Harlan HeglarCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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