Legal Opinion
Alfonzo T. Frazier, Jr. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company, and Post Express, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 1993No. 92-3181, 92-3182PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants Norfolk & Western Railway Co. (Norfolk) and Post Express, Inc. (Post Express) appeal from a $2,300,000 judgment entered on a jury verdict in the Northern District of Illinois, George M. Marovich, District Judge, in this Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) action. 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1988).
The appeals bring up for review post trial orders denying Norfolk’s motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 50 and the motions by Norfolk and Post Express for a remittitur or a new trial pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 59.
For the reasons that…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- David Harbin v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Robert L. Abernathy and Joyce Abernathy v. Superior Hardwoods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- William J. Phillips and Dorothy R. Phillips v. Hunter Trails Community AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Steve Debiasio v. Illinois Central RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Marian Gorlikowski v. Richard B. Tolbert, II and J.W. Express, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Will Holmes v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Raybestos Products Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Gilbert W. Younger, an Individual, and Transgo, a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Xu Liu v. Price Waterhouse LLP and Computer Language Research, Inc., Defendants/third-Party v. Xiaomei Yang, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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