Legal Opinion
Robert Earle Hunter v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1971No. 14584PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:
At a crossing in Battleboro, North Carolina, on November 14, 1967 about 8:00 A.M., a train of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company struck a tractor-trailer operated by Robert Earle Hunter. In an action for damages alleging the railroad’s negligence as the *1320cause of his injuries, Hunter obtained a jury award of $200,000.00. Appealing, the company assigns several errors, but only two are of substance: the failure of the trial judge to rule, at or after trial, that on the evidence the company was free as a matter of law from any causal neglect, or,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Richmond Television Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Price v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Arvin v. McClintockSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
- Cox v. GallamoreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Dixon v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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- Robert Earle Hunter v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971