Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McGinnis

Citations

• 228 U.S. 173
• 33 S. Ct. 426
• 57 L. Ed. 785
• 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2362

Syllabus

<p>The Employers’ Liability Act of 1908, as heretofore construed by this court, is intended only to compensate the surviving relatives of a deceased employé for actual pecuniary loss sustained by his death.</p> <p>A recovery under the Employers’ Liability Act of 1^08 must be limited to compensating those relatives for whom the administrator sues as are shown to have sustained some pecuniary loss.</p> <p>While the judgment for a claim under the Employers’ Liability Act of 1908 may be’for a gross amount, the interest of each individual must be measured by his or'her industrial pecuniary loss; this apportion- ' ment.is for the jury to return.</p> <p>As the judgment in this case must be reversed on a Federal question and sent back for new trial, this court declines to express an opinion on the other questions; upon another trial the facts may be different. .</p>