Legal Opinion
NEW YORK, C. & ST. L. R. CO. v. Affolder
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1949No. 13858PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLET, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff recovered judgment for $95,000.00 for personal injuries for an alleged violation of the provision of the Safety Appliance Act that:
“It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.” 45 U.S.C.A. § 2.
Upon motion for new trial a remittitur of $15,000.00 was ordered and made. From…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. GotschallSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LaytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Winter's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Lincoln v. PowerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Davis v. WolfeSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Solomon Dehydrating Company, Incorporated v. Clarence R. Guyton, Central Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, and the Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Southern Pac. Co. v. GuthrieCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. CurlCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Century '21' Shows and Kenneth Wayne O'Guin v. Charles W. OwensCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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