Legal Opinion
Thornton v. Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided October 17, 1930No. 20390PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNeterer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
The motions may be considered together.
Pain and suffering introduces no new cause of action. It is but an elaboration of the statement of the injury. Washington Railway & Electric Co. v. Scala, Adm’x, 244 U. S. 630, 37 S. Ct. 654, 61 L. Ed. 1360. See, also, Luckenbach S. S. Co. v. Campbell (C. C. A.) 8 E.(2d) 223; St. Louis, Iron Mountain & S. Ry. Co. v. Craft, 237 U. S. 648, 35 S. Ct. 704, 59 L. Ed. 1160. Nor is Lewis v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co., 146 La. 227, 83 So. 535, to the contrary.
The Merchant Marine Act (section 688, title 46, USCA) gives the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Lindgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Great Northern Ry. Co. v. FowlerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1905
- Hill v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
- Washington Railway & Electric Co. v. ScalaSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Mandell and Wright v. ThomasTexas Supreme Court · 1969
- Peterson v. A. Guthrie & Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1933
- Ted Price Construction Company v. Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, a Washington Corporation Fish Service Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962