Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 1945No. 31889PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYeager, J.
This is an action at law for damages for personal injuries by Newton W. Ellis, plaintiff and appellee, against the Union Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation, defendant and appellant, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. The case was tried to a jury and a verdict was returned in favor of plaintiff for $10,000. Judgment was entered on the verdict. Motion for new trial was duly filed and by the court overruled. The defendant has appealed from the judgment and the order overruling the motion for a new trial.
On March 15, 1943, plaintiff was employed by the defendant as an engine foreman…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. IvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. TolsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. KoskeSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Southern Railway Co. v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1947
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- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1946
- Wilkerson v. McCarthyUtah Supreme Court · 1947
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