Thirkill v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “[njeither the plaintiff nor fellow crewmen are qualified to testify as design experts”
• FELA claims attacking locomotive design and train speed subject to summary judgment where they lacked expert support

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vito Tufariello v. Long Island Railroad Company, Docket No. 05-1945-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-07-20· cited 147×
• Lane v. R.A. Sims, Jr., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-02-06· cited 80×
• Joseph J. Waymire v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-07-14· cited 78×
• Nickels v. Grand Trunk Western RR, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-03-18· cited 64×
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Brent
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-11-21· cited 33×
• Elston v. Union Pacific Railroad
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2003-05-22· cited 23×
• Tufariello v. Long Island Rail Road
  E.D. New York· 2005-03-18· cited 13×
• Waymire v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  S.D. Indiana· 1999-06-16· cited 12×
• Herndon v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2003-01-16· cited 3×
• Clayton Ward v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-06-20
• Nickels v. Grand Trunk Western
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-03-18
• Waymire, Joseph J. v. Norfolk & Western
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-07-14

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Easterwood
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-21· cited 1,080×
• Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1926-11-29· cited 336×
• Mary Marshall, Individually and as Personal Representative v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-11-25· cited 91×
• Southern Railway Co. v. Lunsford
  Supreme Court· 1936-03-02· cited 86×
• Rice v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Pacific Railway Co.
  E.D. Kentucky· 1996-03-18· cited 2×