Legal Opinion
Harrison Baird v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1963No. 14913_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee, Harrison Baird, while driving an automoble, was struck by the engine of defendant-appellant’s freight train at a crossing in Lincoln County, Kentucky. For his personal injuries and damage to his automobile, he recovered a judgment of $11,297.20, entered upon a jury verdict. On this appeal, the appellant railroad asks reversal upon the single ground that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. Its motion for directed verdict on that ground was denied. Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship and Kentucky law…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- George Dickerson v. Shepard Warner Elevator Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
- Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Applegate's Adm'xCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Mrs. Fletcher Harvey Jenkins, Administratrix v. Associated Transport, Inc., Frank L. Whaley v. Associated Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- Baird v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Jewell McTavish Administratrix of the Estate of Peter R. McTavish Deceased v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- James Donald Mitchell v. United States of AmerciaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Walter C. Thompson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Janie Underdown Thompson, Deceased v. Illinois Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
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