Legal Opinion
Lois Bray Vera Cruz v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and the Erie Railroad Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 1963No. 13618PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity personal injury action with a general verdict for plaintiff. The District Court, however, entered judgment notwithstanding the verdict for defendants on the basis of special interrogatories. Plaintiff has appealed.
Plaintiff was injured when the Volkswagen in which she was a passenger .was struck at night on a Hammond, Indiana crossing by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train operated on Erie Railroad tracks.
In addition to the verdict for plaintiff, the jury in special interrogatories found that the driver of the Volkswagen was negligent in failing to…
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- Constantine v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
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