Legal Opinion
Walter Dunn v. Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 28, 1959No. 12688_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
Was sufficient evidence adduced at the trial to “justify with reason” 1 the jury’s finding that the defendant railroad’s negligence played a part in producing the injury for which damages were awarded to plaintiff, its employee, in his action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act? 2
That is the primary issue presented by this appeal by defendant from the judgment suffered by it below on the jury’s verdict and the denial of its motions for judgment or a new trial.
The facts as disclosed in the District Court’s opinion, D.C.W.D.Pa.1958, 162 F.Supp. 324, and the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Baker v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Brown v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Florence M. Nuttall, of the Estate of Clarence O. Nuttal, Deceased v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Donald D. Fletcher v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Waller v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1967
- Mroz v. Dravo CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- Walsh v. Consolidated Rail Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
- Mangrum v. Union Pacific RailroadCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
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