Legal Opinion
Liepelt v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 5, 1978No. 77-677PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG
delivered the opinion of the
court:
Kandythe Liepelt (plaintiff), as administrator of the estate of her husband, Delroy Liepelt, deceased, brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages from his employer, Norfolk and Western Railway Company (defendant), for his death in the course of duty. A jury awarded plaintiff *775,000. Defendant appeals.
Defendant contends that the trial court erred: in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the action on the ground of forum non conveniens; in allowing the jury to consider an Indiana statute as…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Jones v. Rath Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Howlett v. DoglioIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. LiepeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1979. Appeals of American Airlines, Inc. And McDonnell Douglas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Tennis v. General Motors Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Lester Gene Brown v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Roth v. Carlyle Real Estate Ltd. Partnership VIIAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
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