Legal Opinion
Wilbert Meyer, A/K/A W. F. Meyer v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1975No. 74-1667PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This tort action, filed and tried in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, arises from a collision between an automobile owned and operated by plaintiff-appellee and a switch engine owned and operated by the defendant-appellant railroad company. The collision occurred at a railroad crossing in the state of Iowa. Plaintiff sustained severe personal injuries and his automobile was damaged.
With admirable candor, counsel for the railroad company concedes that there is only one issue we are required to decide: “whether a federal district…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Milkovich v. SaariSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Myers v. Government Employees Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, and Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation v. Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, Deceased, and Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation, Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation, and Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Schwartz v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Soo Line Railroad Company, a Minnesota Corporation, Third-Party v. David Bruce Overton, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Soo Line Railroad Company, a Minnesota Corporation, Third-Party v. David Bruce Overton, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993