Legal Opinion
Flener v. Louisville & N. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 1952No. 10531_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act seeking damages for negligence by defendant alleged to have occurred while steel rails were being loaded into a gondola car in defendant’s yards near Evansville, Indiana. The jury rendered a general verdict favorable to plaintiff assessing damages at $7,500. Claiming that the damages awarded were inadequate, plaintiff brings this appeal.
On January 21, 1949, plaintiff’s ward, Will Flener, was 48 years of age and was employed by the defendant as a section hand, earning approximately $1.18 per hour,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Virginian Ry. Co. v. ArmentroutCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Wetherbee v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Commercial Credit Corp. v. PepperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Scott v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Bucher v. KrauseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Heacock v. TownAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
- Lamar H. Miller v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Walter A. Eichel v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Norman Mayer v. Illinois Northern Railway, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
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