BERNARD v. OMAHA HOTEL, INC.

No. 72-1457.

482 F.2d 1222 (1973)

Mary Ellen BERNARD, Appellant, v. OMAHA HOTEL, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dinsmore, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Ronald H. Stave, Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Before LAY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity personal injury case, appealed from the federal district court in Nebraska. The plaintiff, Mary Ellen Bernard, a citizen of Illinois, sued Omaha Hotel, Inc., the owner and operator of the Holiday Inn in Omaha, Nebraska. She alleged that she was injured when she caught her heel and fell in an exitway as she was preparing to leave the motel on July 11, 1969. The trial court instructed the jury under Nebraska law and upon deliberation...

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