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HECHT CO. v. McLAUGHLIN

Nos. 11755, 11756.

214 F.2d 212 (1954)

HECHT CO. v. McLAUGHLIN. HECHT CO. v. ELLISON BRONZE CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard W. Galiher, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. William E. Stewart, Jr., and Julian H. Reis, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John J. Sirica, Washington, D. C., for appellee McLaughlin.

Mr. Lloyd Fletcher, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Paul B. Cromelin, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Ellison Bronze Co.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

No. 11755. The Hecht Company appeals from a judgment in favor of appellee Julia McLaughlin, plaintiff below, a customer of its department store. She was awarded damages for injuries suffered in circumstances attributed by the jury to the negligence of the Company.

There was evidence the plaintiff in seeking to leave the store came from the Men's Department into a lobby or vestibule from which three doors lead to the street. These...

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