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BACH v. PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. 73-2123.

502 F.2d 1117 (1974)

Patricia BACH, Executrix, etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Markus, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant; Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci & Lancione, Cleveland, Ohio, Donald S. McNamara, Columbus, Ohio, on brief.

Harrison W. Smith, Jr., Columbus, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, executrix of her husband's estate, brought this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., alleging that her husband's death was caused by appellee's negligence. She contends on appeal that erroneous instructions and rulings on evidence by the district court caused the jury mistakenly to find the decedent contributorily negligent to an excessive degree and also to return a...

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