Knock v. Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fifth Judicial District Court, Nye County; Mark R. Averill, Judge. Action by Frederick A. Knock against the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Talbot, C. J.:
The plaintiff, a man 29 years'of age, with eleven years of experience in railroading in various positions, and earning on an average about $170 a month as a conductor and brakeman, instituted this action to recover $25,500 damages for the loss of his right forearm, which was crushed between the couplers of ore cars while he was endeavoring to effect a coupling. The accident necessitated the amputation below the elbow. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. On.this appeal from the judgment and from the order denying the motion…
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- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HadleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Forrester v. Southern Pacific Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1913
- Rodney v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Burch v. Southern Pacific Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1909
- The FullertonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
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- Harris v. ZeeNevada Supreme Court · 1971
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