Legal Opinion
Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Keesee
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 11, 1940No. Nos. 7343, 7474PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
These appeals arose out of an action by Hannah Keesee to recover damages for the death of her husband, John L. Keesee, in an accident in Virginia. The wrongful death statute of Virginia provides that suit shall be brought “by and in the name of the personal representative of such deceased person;” also that the jury “may award such damages as to it may seem fair and just, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and may direct in what proportion they shall be distributed to the surviving widow or husband and children and grandchildren of the deceased, or if there be…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. SchendelSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Cragin v. LovellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Anderson v. Hygeia Hotel Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Ewing v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Wilson v. WhittakerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Ellis B. Grady, Jr., Administrator, C.T.A., of Margarette W. Rodgers, Deceased v. Richard Eugene IrvineCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- Freida Gust Savard v. Marine Contracting Inc. And Perini CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- In Re Air Crash at Dallas/fort Worth Airport on August 2, 1985. David C. Miller, Jr., and M. Dorothy Miller v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- District Hauling & Construction Co. v. ArgerakisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
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