McGovern v. Hays
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case; for personal injuries. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1901, Washington County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment thereon for the plaintiff, and he excepted. It was material and admissible to show how severely the plaintiff was injured. Dr. Chandler should have been allowed to give his opinion of the plaintiff’s chances of recovery, formed at the time he saw him shortly after the accident.
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Case; for personal injuries. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1901, Washington County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment thereon for the plaintiff, and he excepted. It was material and admissible to show how severely the plaintiff was injured. Dr. Chandler should have been allowed to give his opinion of the plaintiff’s chances of recovery, formed at the time he saw him shortly after the accident. Railroad Co. v. Cassell, 66 Md. 419. The defendants should not have been permitted to show by Dr. Chandler that other people have adhesions of the pleura to the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This was an action on the case to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff at a crossing of a railroad managed by the defendants. A trial by jury was had, and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff to recover the sum of $4,250.00 as damages. Judgment was rendered on the verdict. The case was heard in this court on a bill of exceptions allowed to the plaintiff.
January 27, 1897, the plaintiff was going over the crossing in question, which was in Bolton, when he was run upon by a locomotive and train of cars. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that his injuries were very severe and…
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- People v. CumminsMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
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