Legal Opinion
Kurn v. Reese
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 12, 1943No. 29456PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, V. C. J.
This is an action for wrongful death prosecuted pursuant to the Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. §§ 51-60.
The deceased was a locomotive engineer in the employment of the defendant railroad company. He drove his engine into defendant’s railway yards at Winfield, Kan., and collided with the rear end of a train standing on the main line. His death resulted.
Certain allegations of negligence were directed at the crew in charge of the train ahead, but the cause was sub mitted to the jury wholly on the question of the comparative negligence of the deceased and that of his…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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