Legal Opinion

Schiller v. Pennsylvania Railroad

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 6, 1961PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PALMIERI, District Judge.

This case was tried to a jury which was required to return a verdict in the form of answers to special questions propounded by the court. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 49(a), 28 U.S.C.A. The issues framed by the court and the findings of the jury thereon are attached hereto in the form of an appendix. Just compensation for the pain and suffering of the plaintiff Nida D. Schiller was determined by the jury to be $9,000. The jury also found that $9,669.01 represented the amount which would compensate Carl Schiller, the co-plaintiff, for medical and household expenses incurred for…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  3. Girouard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Commissioner v. Estate of ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Francis v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Adelaide Viola Gonzales v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  2. Bukowski v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Guernick v. Consolidated Rail Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984

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