Legal Opinion
Fornwalt v. Reading Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 10, 1948No. 6708PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S. C.A. §§ 51-60, to recover for injuries sustained while employed in interstate commerce as a brakeman at the defendant’s Port Richmond Railroad Yard in Philadelphia. In a trial otherwise free from error the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $15,000. Defendant moves for a new trial on the sole ground tha,t the amount of the verdict is grossly excessive.
When the verdict was returned we advised counsel at side bar that we thought the amount of the verdict was excessive. Of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Arkansas Valley Land & Cattle Co. v. MannSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Railroad Co. v. BarronSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Ry. Co. v. MoquinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Southern Railway-Carolina Division v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by8 opinions
- De Vito v. United Air Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1951
- Dempsey v. HartleyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
- Kowtko v. Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corp.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1955
- Howarth v. SegalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- Saleeby v. Kingsway Tankers, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1981
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