Legal Opinion
Dedra Shanklin, Individually and as Next Friend of Her Son Jessie Guy Shanklin v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 27, 2004No. 01-6449PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORESTER, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MOORE, J., joined. ROGERS, J. (pp. 994-98), delivered a separate concurring opinion except as to PartV.
OPINION
FORESTER, Chief District Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“Norfolk”) appeals the district court’s denial of its renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law filed following a jury trial in which judgment was entered in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Dedra Shanklin (“Shanklin”) in the amount of $1,434,014.60. In 1993, a train operated by Norfolk struck the vehicle of Eddie Shanklin, Dedra Shanklin’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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