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Proceedings Of The Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting Indiana State Bar Association
Proceedings Of The Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting Indiana State Bar Association
Indiana Law Journal
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Negligence - Proximate Cause - Intervening Criminal Act
Negligence - Proximate Cause - Intervening Criminal Act
Michigan Law Review
Defendant railroad company, having suffered heavily from depredations committed by a dangerous gang of train robbers, employed plaintiff's intestate as a train guard. Defendant also employed X, a member of the gang, to act as an informer and to forewarn defendant of the gang's activities. X, on one occasion, negligently failed to inform defendant of the gang's plans and plaintiff's intestate was killed by one of the robbers. Plaintiff brought action under the Federal Employer's Liability Act, as next of kin, on the theory that defendant was guilty of negligence in failing to warn the train guard, and that this …
Damages - Death Of Minor Child Caused By Negligent Act
Damages - Death Of Minor Child Caused By Negligent Act
Michigan Law Review
The defendant's negligence, resulting in the death of a child four years and nine months old, caused the jury to assess damages at $4,500 in an action brought for the benefit of the parents pursuant to the terms of the Death Act, (2 N. J. Comp. Stat. 1907, 1908 (1910)) which provides that "in every such action the jury may give such damages as they shall deem fair and just with reference to the pecuniary injury resulting from such death . . . . " On appeal, the supreme court held the damages excessive, and reduced the amount of recovery …