Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided December 17, 1974No. 71 H 151PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*663OPINION AND ORDER
ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.
This is an action for personal injury-damages based upon diversity of citizenship. The defendant railroad was charged with various acts of negligence and the plaintiff, Ralph Johnson, was charged with contributory negligence. On September 11, 1974 the jury returned a verdict for Ralph Johnson in the sum of $325,000.00 and for Nardine Johnson in the sum of $50,000.00 and judgments were accordingly entered thereon.
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On September 23, 1974 the defendant filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict upon grounds that the Court should have…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Kavanagh v. ButoracIndiana Court of Appeals · 1966
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