Legal Opinion
Hall v. Minnesota Transfer Railway Company
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided February 1, 1971No. 40-70 Civ. 24PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEVILLE, District Judge.
Defendant’s post-trial motion to reduce plaintiff’s $12,000 verdict in this Federal Employers’ Liability Act case by an offset in the amount of $1,701.20 raises a question on which neither counsel have cited, nor has the court been able to find, any controlling authority. It involves the application of what has been called the “collateral source” rule. Defendant paid the $1,701.20, subject to reimbursement by an insurer, toward plaintiff’s hospital and medical bills, the amount of which bills were received in evidence at the trial for the jury’s consideration in…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Duncan v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Donald Feeley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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