Legal Opinion
Sleeman v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided September 9, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 5086PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOX, District Judge.
This case is before the court on remand from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for recomputation of damages. The recomputation involves reduction to present worth of plaintiff’s damages, awarded by the court, for loss of future earning capacity.
At the trial of this Federal Employers’ Liability Act case, the court computed plaintiff’s damages for loss of earning capacity by applying two adjusting factors to the gross amount of its award. These factors were a present worth discount and an inflationary factor to allow for probable future wage increases. The court felt…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- John R. McWeeney v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Walter N. Buckles, Jr., and Silas R. StanleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Joseph E. Sleeman v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Feldman v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
- Bernard C. Taylor v. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Henry L. Beanland v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Joseph E. Sleeman v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Massey v. Williams-McWilliams, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
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