Legal Opinion
Jerome C. Hartzler v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 9, 1970No. 17955_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company (Railway), appeals from a jury award of $75,000 in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Jerome C. Hartzler, for injuries incurred when plaintiff’s car collided with defendant’s train which was stopped or moving slowly across an oblique public highway intersection. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. We affirm the jury’s finding for plaintiff and the award.
The parties, pursuant to a pre-trial order, stipulated that on the night of October 26, 1966, at approximately 9:15 o’clock, the plaintiff’s automobile…
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