Legal Opinion
Trust Co. v. Erie R.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 1948No. 9453PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINTON, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the correctness of the District Court’s action in directing the jury to return a verdict for the defendant in a suit for the wrongful death of the plaintiff’s decedent. From this verdict and judgment the plaintiff has appealed.
The complaint charges the defendant with negligence in violation of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act1 whereby the plaintiff’s decedent was killed. The decedent, who was fifty-three years old, had been employed by the defendant since 1913. For several years he had been hard of hearing.
There is no conflict in the evidence. Only…
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
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Charlson Realty Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Thomas E. BreiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Cheffey v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
- United States v. Charles Alden, A/K/A Charles Alden BoydCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. GarwoodCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
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