Legal Opinion
Chavez v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 23, 1967No. 8067PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge, Court of Appeals.
Defendant appeals from an adverse jury verdict in a suit brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Four issues are raised: (1) sufficiency of the evidence as to negligence, (2) excessive verdict, (3) correctness of a damage instruction and (4) conduct of counsel in argument to the jury.
Plaintiff, with two other workmen, was unloading barrels from a truck into a railroad car called a reefer. Each barrel weighed six hundred pounds. The barrels rested on their flat ends. To move a barrel, it would be tipped on its rim and then rolled on its rim from…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Inman v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Beal v. Southern Union Gas Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
- Hall v. StilesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Sweitzer v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- Hughes v. WalkerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Baca v. BacaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
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