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Plaintiff, Edward Abernathy, was a patient at St. Mary’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. The hospital was operated by the nonprofit corporation Sisters of St.
Supreme Court of Missouri | 446 S.W.2d 599 (Mo. 1969)
The defendant ran a trolley line. At one point a railroad bridge crossed over the trolley line. The bridge was often used as a shortcut for pedestrians and children often played upon it. The plaintiff, a boy of 12, was walking along the bridge swinging an eight foot wire.
Court of Appeals of New York | 227 N.Y. 208, 125 N.E. 93 (1919)
Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin and Creskoff Law firm (Plaintiffs, Appellants), brought an action for interference with contractual relationships and sought an injunction against Epstein, Weisbord, Wolf, and Jablon (Defendants, Appellees) former associates of the law firm. The defendant associates decided to leave the plaintiff firm and start their own firm.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania | 482 Pa. 416, 393 A.2d 175 (Pa. 1978)
The appellant spat in the face of the appellee. The act occurred in public in the courtroom in front of numerous onlookers.
Supreme Court of Illinois, Southern Grand Division | 63 Ill. 553 (1872)
Alabama added an amendment to the state constitution which made English the official language of Alabama. Shortly afterward Alexander, the director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety and the defendant, changed the driving examination in Alabama so that it was only available in English.
United States Supreme Court | 532 U.S. 275, 121
A series of asbestos claims were brought before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation. Due to the volume and complexity of the asbestos litigation, the Judicial Panel decided to transfer all asbestos claims filed in federal courts, but not yet on trial, to the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
United States Supreme Court | 521 U.S. 591 (1997)
The plaintiff in this case is Anderson. His property was burned in a fire casued by a train which was owned by the defendant, Minneapolis.
Supreme Court of Minnesota, 1920 | 146 Minn. 430, 179 N.W. 45 (Minn. 1920)
Defendants, Owens, manufactured prodcuts which contained asbestos. The plaintiff, Anderson, while working as an electrician at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, encountered asbestos while working in the vicinity of others who were removing and installing insulation products aboard the ships.
Supreme Court of California | 281 Cal.Rptr. (Cal. 1991)
On April 23, 1970 the Britains' (plaintiffs’) home was completely consumed by a fire which was ignited by a defective Sears' heater. Both Mildred Britain and her infant daughter, Helen Britain, were severely burned and Helen Britain suffered multiple permanent injuries.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | 377 F.Supp. 136 (E.D.La. 1974)
The plaintiff, Helen Anjou was being escorted by one of defendant’s, Boston Elevated Ry. Co. (Boston), employees to a transit car owned by Boston. While following Boston’s employee, Ms.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts | 208 Mass. 273, 94 N.E. 386 (Mass. 1911)
The plaintiff (no name given) alleged that the defendant (no name given), trespassed upon the plaintiff’s land and caused damage to his crops by trampling them. In defense, the defendant argued that he came onto plaintiff’s land because thorns he cut from a thorn hedge on his adjoining land fell inadvertently on plaintiff’s land.
Assizes | Y.B. 5 Edw. IV (1466)