J. C. PENNEY CO.

v.

THACKER

Citator

Cited By

• AETNA Ins. Co. v. Neville G. Penrose, Inc., 304 F.2d 612 (5th Cir. 1962)
  …nvitee to “take reasonable care to discover the actual condition of the premises and either make them safe or warn him of dangerous conditions.” Restatement, Torts § 343 (1934). Thacker v. J. C. Penney Co., 5 Cir., 1958, 254 F. 2d 672, cert. denied, 358 U.S. 820, 79 S.Ct. 31, 3 L.Ed.2d 61. From this misplaced springboard, the plaintiff attempts an impossible double gainer to show that the defendant Penrose impliedly warranted that no accident would befall the plaintiff during the sand fracturing operation.…
• Ellis v. K-Lan Co., Inc., 695 F.2d 157 (5th Cir. 1983)
  …the child’s parents is not imputed to the child so as to bar the child’s cause of action for personal injuries. Lowery v. Berry, 153 Tex. 411, 269 S.W. 2d 795, 797 (1954); Thacker v. J.C. Penney Co., 254 F. 2d 672, 679 (5th Cir.1958), cert. denied, 358 U.S. 820, 79 S.Ct. 31, 3 L.Ed.2d 61 (1959). A parent’s recovery of medical expenses incurred on behalf of a child, however, may be reduced or defeated by the parent’s own contributory negligence. Head v. Coleman, 470 S.W. 2d 380 (Tex.Civ.App.— [*163] Waco 19…