Legal Opinion

Crystal Sells, as Personal, etc. v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 6, 2015No. 1D13-4775PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRowe, J.

Appellant, Crystal Sells, as a personal representative of her husband’s estate, challenges the trial court’s order granting Appellee’s, CSX Transportation, Ine.’s (“CSX’s”), motion to set aside the jury’s verdict and denying her motion to set aside the jury’s finding of comparative negligence. We affirm the trial court’s entry of directed verdict for three reasons. First, Appellant failed to establish that CSX had a duty to take preventative measures to guard against an employee suffering from cardiac arrest. Second, Appellant failed to establish that CSX’s failure to procure prompt medical…

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2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. GottshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. SorrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sewell v. Racetrac Petroleum, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  2. Katherine D. Chaney v. Team Technologies, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2019
  3. Crystal Sells, etc. v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2017
  4. Sells v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2017

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