Propper v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
1Opinion of the Court
Magnet, Justice.
Plaintiff, William H. Propper, in a personal injury action recovered a verdict of $45,000. Defendant, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, appeals from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.
Plaintiff, a brakeman-conductor employed by defendant, sustained injuries as the result of a derailment of a freight train engaged in interstate commerce. He brought action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. The train consisted of 52 loaded cars, one empty, a caboose, and a locomotive and tender. Exclusive of the…
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2Cases cited26 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Gleeson v. Virginia Midland RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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- State Ex Rel. South St. Paul v. HetheringtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
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