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Lavender v. Kurn

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Lavender v. Kurn
Argued March 6–7, 1946
Decided March 25, 1946
Full case nameLavender v. Kurn, et al.
Citations327 U.S. 645 (more)
66 S.Ct. 740; 90 L. Ed. 916; 1946 U.S. LEXIS 3014
Case history
PriorCertiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri, 189 S.W.2d 253
Holding
There was sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the defendants to justify the submission of the case to the jury and to require appellate courts to abide by the verdict rendered by the jury.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
MajorityMurphy, joined by Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Rutledge, Burton
DissentReed

Lavender v. Kurn, 327 U.S. 645 (1946), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with a negligent wrongful death case against a railroad employer under the Federal Employers Liability Act. L.E. Haney was a switchtender who was killed at Grand Central Station in Memphis, Tennessee. He worked for both the Illinois Central and Frisco railroads.

The Missouri Supreme Court ordered a directed verdict in favor of the employer, claiming lack of evidence of negligence. The Supreme Court overruled the State Supreme Court's ruling. The court held that there was sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the defendants to justify the submission of the case to the jury and to require appellate courts to abide by the verdict rendered by the jury.

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