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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 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)
Ms. Veith is insured by American Family Ins. Co (D) and a psychiatrist testified that she told him while she was driving she believed her car was being directed by God. She also believed in her sudden state of insanity for which she had no warning, that she could fly over an oncoming truck driven by Breunig (P).
Supreme Court of Wisconsin | 173 N.W.2d 619 (Wis.1970)
A barrel of flour fell from an upper-story window of Boadle's (defendant) shop and struck Byrne (plaintiff) passing below. At trial, a witness (Critchley) testified that while he saw Byrne's injury, he did not know what caused the barrel to fall.
Court of Exchequer | 2 H. & C. 722, 159 Eng. Rep. 299 (1863)
The plaintiff's (Davies) donkey was tied on the side of the road. The defendant's (Mann) wagon, with three horses, approached at a quick pace, hit and ran over the donkey.
152 Eng. Rep. 558 (1842) | 10 M. & W. 546 (Exchequer Div. 1842)
Rensselaer Water Co (defendant ) was a water works company which had a contract to supply water to the city of Rensselaer. While this contract was effective, a building had caught on fire, and then the fire spread H.
Court of Appeals of New York | N.Y. Ct. App., 159 N.E. 896 (1928)
Edmonds, the defendant, was the driver of a delivery truck owned by Bagoli. On a stormy night, Edmonds parked the truck in the street and turned off the truck lights.
Supreme Court of New York | 270 N.Y.S.2d 1020 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept.1966)
Burson, a blind concession stand operator at the US Post Office Building in Alexandria, Louisiana and an agent of the defendant, left his stand to go to the men’s bathroom located in the building. As he was walking down the hall, he bumped into Roberts, the plaintiff, who fell to the floor and injured his hip.
Court of Appeals of Louisiana | 396 So.2d 566 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1981)
Linscott, the Defendant, was convicted as an accomplice to murder by the State of Maine, the Prosecution. The defendant and some others robbed a drug dealer, and one of the others shot the drug dealer and killed him.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine | 520 A.2d 1067 (1987)
The Plaintiff, Summers, brought a negligence action against Defendants Tice and Somonson for personal injuies resulting from a hunting accident. Summers, Tice and Somonson were hunting quail on an open range, and each was armed with a shotgun.
California Supreme Court | 199 P.2d 1 (Cal.1948)