217 So. 2d 776 - Breen v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1973
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lee v. Carolina Upholstery Co. · Daigle v. Cobb · Taustine's Ex'r v. B. & B. Novelty Co. · 220 Mo. App. 948 - Cox v. Bondurant · Jolly v. Travelers Ins. Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“exercise that minimum degree of care by looking in the direction in which he was walking in order to ascertain the presence or absence of the elevator”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the basic concept that it is negligence for a person to open the door leading to an elevator and step therein without looking”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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