Legal Opinion

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Solomon

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 18, 1928No. 18274PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.

1. It can not held as a matter of law that the plaintiff would not be entitled to recover under the allegations of the petition *738and the proof submitted in its support. Sherrod v. A., B. & A. Ry. Co., 27 Ga. App. 510 (108 S. E. 908).

2. Contrary to the Georgia rule, under the Federal employer’s liability aet a plaintiff in a homicide ease is entitled to recover only such damages as would represent the pecuniary value, capable of a monetary measurement, of the contributions which the decedent would probably have made for the benefit of the plaintiff beneficiary had he not been killed. W. & A.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Southern Ry. Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. WessingerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  3. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. TownsendCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
  4. Sherrod v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
  5. Watson v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1927

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  2. Tadlock v. TadlockCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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