Legal Opinion
Walter C. Thompson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Janie Underdown Thompson, Deceased v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1970No. 19459PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Illinois Central Railroad Company (the railroad), has appealed from judgments entered against it in the District Court on verdicts in favor of plaintiffs in the amounts of $25,000 and $2,350, in an action for damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s wife, for her funeral expenses, and for damages to the automobile which she was driving, the action arising out of a collision with defendant’s freight train at a grade crossing.
The accident occurred at about seven o’clock in the evening of December 29, 1967, on Schneidman Road in McCracken County, Kentucky,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. StagnerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- Hargadon v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Hunt's Adm'r v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
- Louisville, N. R. Co. v. Ratliff's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
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3Cited by6 opinions
- A. J. Calhoun, Successor Trustee of Stax Records, Inc. v. Johnny Baylor and Koko Records, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Boyce E. Chumbler v. Marguerite Wallace McClure of the Estate of Dr. C. C. McClure Jr., and Ayerst LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- State v. OlsonCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1985
- Jewell McTavish Administratrix of the Estate of Peter R. McTavish Deceased v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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