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LARKIN v. MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY

No. 12213.

250 F.2d 948 (1958)

Laura LARKIN, Appellant, v. The MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY, Successors by Consolidation to Kaufmann's Department Stores, Inc., a Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. McArdle, Pittsburgh, Pa., (James E. McLaughlin, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

V. C. Short, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

BIGGS, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Larkin, sued The May Department Stores Company of Pittsburgh (May), successor by consolidation to Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc. (Kaufmann), alleging that she was injured seriously by a revolving door in the Kaufmann store in Pittsburgh because the door was negligently maintained by Kaufmann and was not in proper working order. Jurisdiction is based on diversity. The law of Pennsylvania governs.

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