Legal Opinion
Eugene Richard Cygan, Administrator of the Estate of Eugene Frank Cygan, Deceased v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., a Virginia Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1961No. 14280PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, appeals from a judgment for $15,000.00, entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Eugene Richard Cygan, Administrator of the Estate of Eugene Frank Cygan, deceased. The action arose out of the death of Eugene Frank Cygan, the two and one-half year old son of the plaintiff-administrator, following such child’s fatal injuries inflicted when struck by the engine of a freight train operated by the defendant railroad. The accident occurred at the crossing of the railroad tracks with what the…
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- Andrew Jergens Co. v. ConnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
- DETROIT, T. & IR CO. v. BanningCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1949
- Holbert v. StaniakMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Gibson v. Iowa Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
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3Cited by3 opinions
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