Legal Opinion
STINSON, ADMINISTRATRIX v. Atlantic Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 6, 1958No. 442PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The Supreme Court of Alabama held that “there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find that there was negligence on the part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.” 264 Ala. 522, 527, 88 So. 2d 189, 193. We agree. We now hold that the evidence also presented a jury question whether the employee’s death resulted in whole or in part from such negligence. 35 Stat. 65, 45 U. S. C. § 51; Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U. S. 500; Schulz v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 350 U. S. 523. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Alabama is therefore…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co v. StinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
3Cited by27 opinions
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- Admiral Towing Company, a Corporation and Walter B. Martinson v. Theo Woolen and Dorothy E. ConeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Mrs. Clifford Raymond Schlichter v. Port Arthur Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Francis T. Ratigan v. New York Central Railroad Co. v. Interstate Commodities, Inc., and the Troy Union Railroad Company, Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Peter J. Zegan v. Central Railroad Company of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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