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Ca 79-3103 Linda Galloway Menke, Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Ray Galloway, Deceased v. The Southern Railway Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 17, 1979No. 78-2243PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee, Linda Galloway Menke as the personal representative of the estate of Michael Ray Galloway, initiated this wrongful death action in an Indiana state court against the defendant-appellant, Southern Railway Company (Southern). Galloway died when a train operated by Southern collided with the truck he was driving. The action was removed to the federal district court and tried before a jury, Southern now appeals from the judgment entered upon the jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Southern raises three issues for our…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Sherwin S. Stern v. United States Gypsum, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
  4. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GroegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Anita Pritchard, Administratrix of the Estate of Otto E. Pritchard, Deceased v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Mary Jean Gardner v. Southern Railway SystemsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Fifth Third Bank Ex Rel. Bozik v. CSX Corp.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 2004

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