Legal Opinion
Louis P. Lanni v. William Wyer, as Trustee of the Long Island Rail Road Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 11, 1955No. 113, Docket 23193PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff was injured on August 1, 1953 while working as a brakeman employed by the Long Island Rail Road. He brought the present action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U-S.C.A. § 51 et seq. Liability was conceded, and the case went to a jury to determine the amount of damages to be awarded. The jury returned a verdict for $55,000. The defendant moved to set aside the verdict and to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict was excessive and was induced by inflammatory remarks of plaintiff’s counsel during summation. This motion the district court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Morton Butler Timber Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
- Brown v. WalterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Scott v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Pariser v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Texas Construction Co. v. Hoisting & Portable Engineers' Local Union No. 101Supreme Court of Kansas · 1955
- Southern Pacific Company v. HendricksArizona Supreme Court · 1959
- Harold Kodack v. The Long Island Rail Road Company, and Third-Party v. Marvin G. Coursey, Third-Party Action No. 1. Harold Kodack v. Marvin G. Coursey, and Third-Party v. The Long Island Rail Road Company, Third-Party Action No. 2. Marvin G. Coursey v. The Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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