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· 12/27/1977

Tomas R. Trejo v. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company

Citations

  • 568 F.2d 181
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5481

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Where, as here, we can protect the plaintiffs interest in the determination of liability without prejudicing the rights of the defendant, we should do so.”
  • “The erroneous instructions regarding damages in no way prejudiced [the liability] finding, and the Company is not entitled to a second chance to convince another jury that it was not negligent.”
  • remand for new trial on damages issue only
  • remand for new trial on damages issue only

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Judges: Stein, McWilliams, Breitenstein, Doyle

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