SLEEK v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 15322.

208 F.Supp. 207 (1962)

Josephine Ann SLEEK, Plaintiff, v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

July 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. McArdle, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Bruce R. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


WILLSON, District Judge.

On January 5, 1955, plaintiff, then 52 years of age, suffered a fall in defendant's department store. On January 3, 1957, she filed her complaint charging defendant with negligence. At the conclusion of a five day trial and after deliberating ten hours, the jury found for the plaintiff and awarded her damages in the sum of $10,000.00.

She has a lengthy history of illness and one serious injury from a fall which occurred in the year...

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