Zugbie v. J. R. Whipple Co.
Cases that cite this one
16 later published cases cite this decision.
- Michelson v. Waldorf System Inc. (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1936)
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Logan (Tex. App. 1930)
- Lundgren v. Gimbel Bros. (Wis. 1927)
- Beach v. S. S. Kresge Co. (Mass. 1939)
- Livingston v. Friend Bros. (Mass. 1939)
- Gaffney v. William Filene's Sons Co. (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1938)
- Sideris v. LaPorte's Inc. (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1936)
- Murphy v. Furness-Withy & Co. (Mass. 1927)
- Sweatland v. Springfield Public Market, Inc. (Mass. 1924)
- Towne v. Waltham Watch Co. (Mass. 1924)
- O'Neill v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. (Mass. 1924)
- O'Brien v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. (Mass. 1924)
- Pearson v. Director General of Railroads (Mass. 1923)
- Judson v. American Railway Express Co. (Mass. 1922)
- Downing v. Jordan Marsh Co. (Mass. 1919)
- Sheehan v. Holland (Mass. 1918)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, while rightfully descending stairs upon the premises of the defendant, her employer, “felt that there was something under her foot slippery” and fell. Later she noticed that upon her clothes there was some “sort of slippery refuse . . . like grease.” There was an overhead electric bulb light toward the lower end of the stairs. There is nothing to indicate negligence on the part of the defendant. For aught that appears the object upon which the plaintiff slipped may have been dropped there but a moment before by some one for whose conduct in this respect the defendant was not responsible. The case is
Exceptions overruled.
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