Legal Opinion
Cade v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 8, 1954No. 42902PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHyde, J.
Action for damages for personal injuries under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. (USCA 51-60.) Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff* for $126,000.00 reduced by remittitur of $51,000.00 to $75,000.00; and defendant has appealed. Defendant contends it was entitled to a directed verdict and also alleges error in instructions, admission of evidence, and failure to grant a mistrial because o£ misconduct of plaintiff’s counsel.
Plaintiff was acting as foreman of a switching crew at Wellington, Kansas, when injured by falling over the drain box, or catch basin of a sewer, which projected about 6…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Guthrie v. City of St. CharlesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
- Young v. WheelockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- State v. HarmonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
- Jones v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1929
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Dickerson v. St. Louis Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Bender v. Burlington-Northern RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. DriskoMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- Hill v. TorreyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1959
- Dunn v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1995
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