Legal Opinion
Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. Kast
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1924No. 3991PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit Judge.
Writ of error from a judgment of $17,500, based upon a verdict for $25,000, from which, as a condition to denying the motion for a new trial, Judge Westenhaver required a remittitur of $7,500. The facts bearing upon the question of liability are not in dispute, and are summarized by the judge, in the opinion filed by him on the motion for a new trial, as follows:
“Plaintiff was employed as a machinist helper at the roundhouse and shops of defendant at Garrett, Ind. This machinist and plaintiff were making what are called road or running repairs to a passenger engine. This…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- North Carolina Railroad v. ZacharySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- New York Central Railroad Company v. WinfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Hunt v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1940
- Whitaker v. PitcairnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
- Lawrence M. Miller v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
- Apache Railway Co. v. ShumwayArizona Supreme Court · 1945
- Hallstein v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1929
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