Legal Opinion
Raymond L. Rutherford v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1960No. 17865PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
This is a tort action arising out of one of those tragic accidents when a person, walking between sets of railroad tracks or on the cinder path along the side of railroad tracks, is hit and mangled by a train, and no one, including the plaintiff, knows just how the accident happened. The case was tried in the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, but the accident occurred in Hammond, Louisiana, and the law of Louisiana controls our decision. The able and experienced district judge directed a verdict in favor of the railroad. We affirm.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- McGuire v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- White v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Nolan v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Gloria Mae Brown, in Person, and on Behalf of Her Minor Children, Joann and Velda Marie v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Adam G. Nunez v. The Superior Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Planters Manufacturing Company v. Protection Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Mississippi Power Company v. Joseph Roubicek and Mallory Pierce, D/B/A Associated EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- M. H. Hogan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Douglas v. HackneyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
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