Legal Opinion
Hanley v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 1, 1948PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Code, tit. 45, § 51 et seq.) to recover damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate. After a trial, a jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $82,913.55, in accordance with a finding apportioning the negligence of defendant as 75%, and that of intestate as 25%.
We are here concerned with a Federal question. The proof must be evaluated under the later Federal cases relating to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. So evaluated, it clearly presents a question of fact as to defendant’s negligence and was ample to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Eglsaer v. ScandrettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
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- Swider v. Delaware & Hudson RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1950
- In re the Accounting of BlackmoreNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
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