Legal Opinion
Tweith v. Duluth, M. & I. R. RY. Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided June 19, 1946No. Civil Action 625PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, District Judge.
This is a suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from negligence of the defendant. At the opening of the trial the defendant admitted liability and that there ■was no negligence on the part of the plaintiff. The verdict was for $28,000.
A motion for new trial has been presented. The defendant in support of the ■motion contends that the verdict was excessive and that the court erred in rej ecting -certain testimony offered by the defendant.
The plaintiff was forty-nine years of age, '.had…
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- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Lumbra v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Mellor v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Mutual Life Insurance v. WilerIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
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- Mariner v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1962