Legal Opinion
Yarn v. Ft. Dodge, D. M. & S. R.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1929No. 8336PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, District Judge.
The appellant (plaintiff below) sued for personal injuries occasioned by an electric shock received directly from a steam pipe on which he was working, and indirectly from lines of the defendant. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, on the ground of lack of any duty to the plaintiff, lack of negligence, and because of plaintiff’s negligence. The question of proximate cause, and the intervention of an efficient intervening cause, is also presented by the record and the briefs. The plaintiff contends that, under…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Johns-Manville, Inc. v. PockerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Teis v. Smuggler Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Davis v. SchroederCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Francisco v. Chicago & A. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Falvey v. CoatsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- American General Ins. v. Southwestern Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Boaz v. Mutual Life Ins.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1943
- McHugh v. National Lead Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1945
- Clinton Foods, Inc., a Corporation v. Marvin YoungsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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