Legal Opinion

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Albert Gregor Kammerer

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 30, 1956No. 16097PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Here for the third time, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Kammerer, 5 Cir., 1953, 205 F.2d 525; Id., 5 Cir., 1955, 218 F.2d 149, the Railroad again appeals from an adverse verdict and judgment awarding damages for the death of Albert Kammerer, Jr., on August 14, 1951, when the automobile he was driving at 1:30 in the morning crashed into a boxcar and locomotive engine on a spur track crossing Albany Street in Brunswick, Georgia.

Stressing again, as twice before, its main claim that directed verdict ought to have been granted, the Railroad seeks, on the ground…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  2. Clifton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. CoxwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  4. Maryland Casualty Co. v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
  5. Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Walter N. Buckles, Jr., and Silas R. StanleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Ricardo Trevino v. Union Pacific Railroad Company and Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  3. Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Bertha Rosiello and Carl Rosiello, Her Husband v. C. Arthur Sellman and C. A. Siemann, Individually and D/B/A Green Thumb Garden CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  5. Waits v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1975

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