Legal Opinion
Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 1943No. 8128PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJOR, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered in accordance with a jury verdict, in an action to recover damages resulting from the death of plaintiff’s intestate while in the employment of defendant.
The action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. The amended complaint, so far as now material, alleged that Harold C. Tennant, plaintiff’s intestate, while engaged in the scope of his duties and employment as a switchman on the defendant’s train, was run over and crushed by said train, from which he sustained…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. EstillSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ToopsSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Griswold v. GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946
- Dundom v. New York Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Carter v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1956
- Wilkerson v. McCarthyUtah Supreme Court · 1947
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