Legal Opinion

Ismay Mittlieder, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Elmer R. Ochsner, Deceased v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, a Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 16, 1971No. 20458_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Mittlieder, Administratrix, from judgment based on a jury verdict dismissing her wrongful death action arising out of the death of her intestate, Elmer R. Ochsner, in a railroad crossing collision with defendant’s freight train. The trial giving rise to this appeal occurred following our reversal of a judgment of dismissal based on a jury verdict for the defendant in Mittlieder v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co., 8 Cir., 413 F.2d 77.

Our reversal was based on the ground that the trial court committed prejudicial error in submitting the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. United States v. Charles W. PopeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  3. Foley Ex Rel. Estate of Foley v. Bishop Clarkson Memorial HospitalNebraska Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Matthew J. Connelly and T. Lamar Caudle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
  5. United States v. Richard S. Righter, of the Estate of Edna Beaham Mersereau, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bail Bonds by Marvin Nelson, Inc., a Corporation v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  2. Continental Casualty Company and Employers Surplus Lines Insurance Company v. Canadian Universal Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. Pace v. JordanCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  4. United States v. Ronald A. MayersohnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
  5. Chang v. City of AlbanyDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1993

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