Legal Opinion
Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1935No. 6581PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
While in the employ of the appellant railroad, and while both were engaged in interstate commerce, the decedent Davis was injured and died. In the trial of the action below, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59), issues involving the railroad’s negligence, and its causal relation to the resulting death, were submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Of the errors complained of, our conclusion necessitates a discussion of only that which relates to the denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GroegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. WilesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. KoskeSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Johnson v. Kosmos Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. DixonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Votrain v. Illinois Terminal R. Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- Chicago, St. P., M. & OR Co. v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
- Isgett v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1971
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. DixonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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