Sears, Roebuck & Company v. Tisdale

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the basis of liability is negligence and not injury
• affirming summary judgment on grounds that there was “no actual notice to the defendant of the presence of this particular gum ball on the floor”
• “Proof merely of the occurrence of a fall on a floor within business premises is insufficient to show negligence on the part of the proprietor. . . . [T]he doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is inapplicable in cases of this kind.”
• “The basis of liability is negligence and not injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).