Doremus Ex Rel. Rentz v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• holding that railroad company has common-law duty, independent of statute, “to give such signals as may be reasonably sufficient in view of the situation and surroundings to put individuals using the highway on their guard”
• holding a personal injury claim is assignable because it survives the death of the real party in interest
• upholding decision to allow patrolman to testify as to speed based upon length of skid marks, as patrolman testified he had conducted tests on the relationship between skid marks and speed under similar conditions
• common law duty of railroads to give such signals as may be reasonably necessary is independent of statutorily required signals
• jury could infer future lost wages from nature and extent of injuries and difficulty in determining amount does not prevent award

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