Legal Opinion
David D. Morran v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 17, 1963No. 14290PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
Dissatisfied with the $8,000 general verdict of a jury in an F.E.L.A. case, the plaintiff, a railroad brakeman, has appealed from the judgment entered on that verdict against his employer, the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Over the plaintiff’s objection, the trial judge charged the jury on contributory negligence and instructed them that their award might be reduced proportionately if they should find that plaintiff’s injury resulted from his own contributory negligence as well as that of the defendant railroad. 1 Pursuant to that instruction the jury may have returned a general…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Glenn L. Martin Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- James A. O'neill, Administrator of the Estate of Earl F. Smith, Deceased v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Lessie U. Gans, of the Estate of James L. Gans, Deceased v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Scott v. Service Pipe Line Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1954
- Davis' Administrator v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Anita Pritchard, Administratrix of the Estate of Otto E. Pritchard, Deceased v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Paul P. Paluch v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Kramer D. Arnold, Administrator of the Estate of Howard A. Brown, Deceased v. Emily F. Loose, of the Estate of Warren L. Loose, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Wayne T. Wilson v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Samuel Freifield, Administrator of the Estate of Gerald R. McFall Jr., Deceased v. John E. HennessyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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