REUTER v. EASTERN AIR LINES

No. 15487.

226 F.2d 443 (1955)

Mrs. Fern W. REUTER et al., Appellants, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Samuel Tucker, Jr., Waites & Tucker, Birmingham, Ala., Hayden L. Rector, Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Geo. W. Yancey, James E. Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee, Eastern Air Lines, Inc., London & Yancey, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel.

Before RIVES, JONES, and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Reuter, a passenger on one of the appellee's airplanes, was injured when, while disembarking therefrom, she tripped and fell. She testified: "As I started down the second step my heel grabbed and I felt myself pitching forward." It is important to note that she did not at the time see what caused her to fall, but later inspected a similar "Silver Falcon" plane and concluded that her heel caught on a metal strip on the step. Her shoes were...

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