Legal Opinion
Smith v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided January 19, 1967No. Civ. A. 4594PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK W. WILSON, District Judge.
This case is before the Court upon the motion of the third-party defendant, Central Soya Company, Inc., for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The original action was commenced as a wrongful death suit in which the plaintiff, Mildred P. Smith, sought to recover of the defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company, for the death of her husband, Wayne E. Smith. Mr. Smith died of injuries received when a railroad boxcar door fell upon him as he was in the process of attempting to open the door to unload soy beans from the car. Illinois Central Railroad…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Maio v. FahsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Husted v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1965
- Lunderberg v. BiermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. StevensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- General Electric Company, and Third-Party v. Kelly C. Moretz, and Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Union Carbide Corp. v. Dunn Bros. General Contractors, Inc.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1968
- Dawn v. Essex Conveyors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Scarbrough v. Murrow Transfer Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
- Emmert v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1969
- Jerry Dawn Et Ux., United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company and Eastman Kodak Company, Intervening v. Essex Conveyors, Inc., Process Equipment Engineering Company, Inc. v. Tennessee Eastman Company, a Division of Eastman Kodak CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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