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GARR v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 78-1208.

589 F.2d 147 (1978)

Robert A. GARR and Lorraine Garr, his wife, Appellees, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Daniels, Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Glenn C. Equi, Robert Needle, Philadelphia, Pa., Harvey, Pennington, Herting & Renneisen, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, HUNTER, Circuit Judge, and LACEY, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

Union Carbide Corporation seeks to overturn a verdict in a personal injury suit rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Robert A. Garr. The jury awarded damages against Union Carbide, grounded in negligence, for failing to repair the defective sidewalk on which Garr fell. At trial Union Carbide moved for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict, contending that Garr was contributorily...

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