Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1985No. 84-485PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
This is an appeal from the District Court’s granting of partial summary judgment on liability and jury verdict on damages in a personal injury action brought pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the Federal Boiler Inspection Act.
We considered the following issues on appeal:
1. Whether the District Court erred in granting respondent’s motion for partial summary judgment on the violation of the Boiler Inspection Act.
2. Whether the District Court erred by improperly removing the issues of causation from the jury.
3. Whether the District Court erred in denying appellant’s challenge…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. LiepeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Lilly v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Edward L. Flanigan v. Burlington Northern Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Edward W. Blake v. Delaware and Hudson Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Christine H. Patterson v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Stover v. Lakeland Square Owners Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Alan R. Folkestad, and Cross-Appellee v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Billings Clinic v. Peat Marwick Main & Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1990
- First Security Bank v. Vander PasMontana Supreme Court · 1991
- Mahan v. Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1989
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