HETZEL v. JEWEL COMPANIES

No. 71-1009.

457 F.2d 527 (1972)

Ruth HETZEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEWEL COMPANIES, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Munger, Lafayette, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph T. Bumbleburg, John K. Mc-Bride, Cable G. Ball, Warren N. Eggleston, Lafayette, Ind., for defendant-appellee; Ball, Eggleston & Bumbleburg, Lafayette, Ind., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.


SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of the defendant in a diversity suit for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of plaintiff's slipping on an unknown liquid on the floor and falling in one of defendant's supermarkets. The principal issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial judge properly instructed the jury as to the applicable Indiana law.

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