Legal Opinion

Meredith v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 10, 1971No. 54972PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Action for damages for personal injury and property damage by Barbara Meredith against Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and Martin A. Shell, its engineer, arising out of train-auto collision in Ottawa, Kansas, on August 20, 1965. Jury returned verdict for defendants. Trial court sustained plaintiff’s motion for new trial because of error in defendants’ contributory negligence instruction. Defendants appeal. On this appeal, they attack trial court’s sustaining plaintiff’s motion for new trial and assert that, in any event, plaintiff either made no submissible case or was…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Brown v. St. Louis Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  2. Hoelzel v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  3. Jamison v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1927
  4. McDonough v. St. Louis Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  5. Lay v. McGraneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Moore Ex Rel. Moore v. Bi-State Development AgencyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2002
  2. Reis v. Peabody Coal Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. Hicks v. Graves Truck Lines, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. Syn, Inc. v. BeebeMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. Clark v. MISSOURI & NORTHERN ARKANSAS RR CO., INC.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2004

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