Legal Opinion
Viront v. Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided March 24, 1950No. Civ. A. No. 25964Published
1Opinion of the Court
SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff by this action sought recovery for damages in the sum of $50,000.00 for injury to his knee incurred on December 13, 1947, while performing his duties as a yard brakeman in the employ of the defendant. The defendant’s motions for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, and again at the close of all of the evidence, were overruled and the case was submitted to the jury on the issues involved. *855The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $28,000.00, on which judgment was entered. The defendant has moved…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Southern Railway Co. v. PuckettSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. KastCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1924
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