Legal Opinion
Teeters v. Pennsylvania R.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 12, 1954No. Civ. A. No. 10268PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOURLEY, Chief Judge.
This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages on behalf of the six minor children of the deceased employee. 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.
The liability of the defendant is admitted and the only question for determination is the correct rule of law to apply in the determination of the damages sustained.
An examination of the authorities shows that the measure of damages to which the six minor children are entitled must be based on the benefit which the children would have received or the deceased father would have given to his children had he…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Minnehaha County, SD v. KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Cleveland Tankers, Inc. v. TierneyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1948
- Dow v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Naylor v. Isthmian S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- McGlothan v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Mrs. Mary Louise Miller, Etc. v. Alexandria Truck Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Ivy v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Orona v. Isbrandtsen CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- Jensen v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1961
- Butler v. WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
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