Death Certificate Shows Man Died from Slipping on Banana Peel

Poor guy died from slipping on a banana peel.

Poor guy died from slipping on a banana peel.

Slipping on a banana peel is, of course, a classic clichéd accident depicted in cartoons.  As my 1Ls get ready to tackle the famous trilogy of banana peel slip and fall cases in the Prosser, Wade & Schwartz Torts casebook next week, the nagging question that lingers is: do people really slip on banana peels?

A previous post discussed this issue, but check this out.  It’s a 1927 Tennessee death certificate for a 74-year-old hospitalized man.  A bit hard to read, but the highlighted note written across the top and going down the right side says:

Inquiry at Hospital: They state that patient slipped on banana peeling and fell shortly before death.

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