Legal Opinion

CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Darling

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 5, 1988No. 77059Published

1Opinion of the Court

189 Ga. App. 719 (1988)

377 S.E.2d 217

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

v.

DARLING.

77059.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1988.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1988.

Alston & Bird, James H. Senterfitt, Elizabeth A. Price, for appellant.

Billy E. Moore, for appellee.

BANKE, Presiding Judge.

Darling was awarded a verdict of $800,000 in a personal injury action against Seaboard System Railroad, Inc., brought pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 USCA § 51 et seq. While the suit was pending, Seaboard became known as CSX Transportation, Inc. In this appeal from the denial of its…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. LiepeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Seaboard System Railroad v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Cullen v. TimmCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. CSX Transportation, Inc. v. DarlingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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