Legal Opinion

Canadian National/Ill. Cent. R. Co. v. Hall

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 12, 2007No. 2005-CA-00206-SCTPublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

953 So.2d 1084 (2007)

CANADIAN NATIONAL/ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, A Corporation

v.

James Wesley HALL.

No. 2005-CA-00206-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 12, 2007.

Charles Henry Russell, III, Charles T. Ozier, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Robert M. Frey, Jackson, Christopher Allen Keith, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a claim brought by an injured railroad employee pursuant to the Federal Employer's Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. § 51 (1939). A Hinds County jury found the railroad liable for damages in the amount of $1,501,907.97,…

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2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. GottshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Mississippi Transp. Comm'n v. McLemoreMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1926

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