Simmons v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating debris on stairwell could be termed a dangerous condition giving rise to a duty to warn
• reversing directed verdict where jury could reasonably infer facts concerning issue of causation to render it not speculative
• “Constructive knowledge can be shown by proving … that the defendant, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have become aware of [the defective] condition.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).