Legal Opinion

McDonald v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 14, 1966No. 51262PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

In this suit for personal injuries by respondent railroad employee against his employer tried to a jury under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., respondent has judgment, after a $10,000 remittitur ordered by the trial court, for $38,541.

Appellant, seeking reversal and a new trial, urges in its Point I error in the trial court’s giving of respondent’s requested Instruction No. 5 on the measure of damages, contending (A) that it referred generally to the “occurrence shown in evidence” when the evidence clearly showed more than one occasion of…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Faught Ex Rel. Faught v. WashamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  2. O'Leary v. Scullin Steel CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
  3. Ketcham v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
  4. Myers v. KarchmerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  5. Shechter v. BrewerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sampson v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  2. Fairbanks v. WeitzmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. Coastal States Gas Producing Company v. LockerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Hodges v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967
  5. Messina v. PratherMissouri Court of Appeals · 2001

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